Distribution of glutamate receptor subunits at neurochemically characterized synapses in the entopeduncular nucleus and subthalamic nucleus of the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 397, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 403-420

  Clarke, N P ^a   Bolam, J P ^a  

^a MRC Anat Neuropharmacology Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AMPA; Basal ganglia; Excitatory amino acid receptors; NMDA

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ENTOPEDUNCULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES; THALAMIC NUCLEI; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032479812     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980803)397:3<403::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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