Uptake and release of neurotransmitter candidates, [3h]serotonin, [3H]glutamate, and [3H]γ-Aminobutyric acid, in taste buds of the mudpuppy, Necturus maculosus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 392, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-208

  Nagai, Takatoshi ^a,b   Delay, Rona J ^b   Welton, Joan ^c   Roper, Stephen D ^b,d  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Excitatory amino acids; Gustatory; Merkel cells; Monoamines; Synapses

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; GLUTAMIC ACID; MAGNESIUM ION; NEUROTRANSMITTER; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM ION; SEROTONIN; TRITIUM;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; MERKEL CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL; TASTE BUD;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; NECTURUS; SEROTONIN; TASTE BUDS; TONGUE; TRITIUM;

EID: 0032498946     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980309)392:2<199::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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