Metabotropic glutamate receptors are associated with non-synaptic appendages of unipolar brush cells in rat cerebellar cortex and cochlear nuclear complex

Journal of Neurocytology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 303-327

  Jaarsma, Dick ^a,c   Diño, Maria R ^a   Ohishi, Hitoshi ^b   Shigemoto, Ryuichi ^b   Mugnaini, Enrico ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRUSH BORDER; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL MEMBRANE; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; DENDRITES; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURONS; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; SYNAPSES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031770913     PISSN: 03004864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006982023657     Document Type: Article

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