Immunohistochemical localization of GABA(A) receptors in comparison with GABA-immunoreactive structures in the nucleus tractus solitarii of the rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 843-852

  Terai, K ^a   Tooyama, I ^a   Kimura, H ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

GABA; GABA(A) receptors; Immunohistochemistry; Nucleus tractus solitarii; Rat brain; subunit

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CELL STRUCTURE; DEPRESSOR RESPONSE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AXONS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE ENDINGS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SOLITARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 0031594169     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00238-8     Document Type: Article

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