Cholinergic innervation of the lateralis medialis-suprageniculate nuclear complex (LM-Sg) of the cat's thalamus: A double labeling immunohistochemical study

Brain Research

Volumn 747, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 151-155

  Hoshino, K ^a   Hicks, T P ^b   Meguro, R ^a   Hirano, S ^a   Kase, M ^a   Norita, M ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

cat; choline acetyltransferase; GABA; glutamate; lateralis medialis suprageniculate nuclear complex; pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus; thalamus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CATS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DENDRITES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0031054961     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01208-5     Document Type: Article

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