Electron microscopic analysis of γ-aminobutyric acid and glycine colocalization in rat trigeminal subnucleus caudalis

Brain Research

Volumn 806, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 16-25

  Dumba, J S ^a   Irish, P S ^a   Anderson, N L ^a   Westrum, L E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colocalization; GABA; Glycine; Inhibitory neurotransmitter; Lamina II; Nociception; Trigeminal nerve

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE ENDINGS; RATS; SYNAPSES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRIGEMINAL CAUDAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 0032556073     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00688-X     Document Type: Article

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