Hippocampal α(2A)-adrenergic receptors are located predominantly presynaptically but are also found postsynaptically and in selective astrocytes

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 395, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 310-327

  Milner, Teresa A ^a,c   Lee, Amy ^b   Aicher, Sue A ^a   Rosin, Diane L ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Medical College ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Catecholamine receptors; Catecholaminergic axons; Dendritic spines; Electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2A ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; PRESYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CATECHOLAMINERGIC SYSTEM; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DENDRITIC SPINE; DENTATE GYRUS; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NERVE ENDING; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; DENDRITES; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE ENDINGS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; RECEPTORS, PRESYNAPTIC; SYNAPSES; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0032496434     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980808)395:3<310::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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