Immunohistochemical localization of metabotropic glutamate receptors, mGluR7a and mGluR7b, in the central nervous system of the adult rat and mouse: A light and electron microscopic study

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 393, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 332-352

  Kinoshita, Ayae ^a   Shigemoto, Ryuichi ^a   Ohishi, Hitoshi ^a   Van Der Putten, Herman ^b   Mizuno, Noboru ^a,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Globus pallidus; Hippocampus; Locus coeruleus; Nociception; Sensory systems

Indexed keywords

METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PONS; PREOPTIC AREA; PUTAMEN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032513558     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980413)393:3<332::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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