Chemical anatomy of excitatory endings in the dorsal cochlear nucleus of the rat: Differential synaptic distribution of aspartate aminotransferase, glutamate, and vesicular zinc

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 399, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 341-358

  Rubio, María E ^a,b   Juiz, José M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Auditory pathway; Immunocytochemistry; Neurotransmitter; Synapses

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; ZINC;

ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; ZINC;

EID: 0032575997     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980928)399:3<341::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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