Glutamate receptor subunits associated with rat sympathetic preganglionic neurons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-32

  McNair, Colin J ^a   Baxter, Gwen J ^a   Kerr, Robert ^a   Maxwell, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino 3 hydroxy 5 methyl 4 isoxazole propionic acid receptor; Confocal microscopy; Excitotoxicity; Glutamate; Immunocytochemistry; Spinal cord; Sympathetic preganglionic neuron

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RAT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC FIBERS, PREGANGLIONIC; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, AMPA; SPINAL CORD; STILBAMIDINES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0032582451     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00747-2     Document Type: Article

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