Evidence for a possible glycinergic inhibitory neurotransmission in the midbrain and rostral pons of the rat studied by gephyrin

Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 210-220

  Mineff, E M ^a,c   Popratiloff, A ^a,b   Romansky, R ^a   Kazakos, V ^a   Kaimaktschieff, V ^a   Usunoff, K G ^a,c   Ovtscharoff, W ^a   Marani, E ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

GABA; Inferior colliculus; Motor cranial nerve nuclei; Red nucleus; Reticular formation; Substantia nigra; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GEPHYRIN;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PONS; RAT; RED NUCLEUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032466987     PISSN: 13813455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/apab.106.3.210.4377     Document Type: Article

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