Distribution of glutamate-, glycine- and GABA-immunoreactive nerve terminals on dendrites in the cat spinal motor nucleus

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 517-532

  Örnung, Göran ^a   Ottersen, Ole Petter ^b   Cullheim, Staffan ^a   Ulfhake, Brun ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bouton; Cat; Immunohistochemistry; Synaptic input; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CATS; DENDRITES; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE ENDINGS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031963593     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050308     Document Type: Article

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