GABA- and glutamate-immunoreactive synapses on sympathetic preganglionic neurons projecting to the superior cervical ganglion

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 71, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 96-110

  Llewellyn Smith, I J ^a   Arnolda, L F ^a   Pilowsky, P M ^b   Chalmers, J P ^b   Minson, J B ^a  

^a Depts of Physiology and Medicine   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Cholera toxin B subunit; Immunocytochemistry; Retrograde tracing; Spinal cord; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID; CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHOLERA TOXIN; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; SPINAL CORD; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0032527520     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1838(98)00069-1     Document Type: Article

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