Ultrastructural study of nitric oxide synthase-containing striatal neurons and their relationship with parvalbumin-containing neurons in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 776, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 30-39

  Morello, Maria ^a   Reiner, Anton ^c   Sancesario, Giuseppe ^a,b   Karle, Ellen J ^c   Bernardi, Giorgio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Feed forward inhibition; Immunocytochemistry; Nitric oxide; Striatum; Synapse; Synaptic circuitry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CORPUS STRIATUM; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURAL INHIBITION; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; P-DIMETHYLAMINOAZOBENZENE; PARVALBUMINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SILVER STAINING; SYNAPSES; TISSUE EMBEDDING;

EID: 0031474211     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00997-9     Document Type: Article

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