Distribution of cholinergic neurons in cell group k of the rabbit brainstem

Neuroscience

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 927-937

  Saad, M ^a   Dubuc, R ^a,b   Westberg, K G ^c   Lund, J P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Cell group k; Choline acetyltransferase; Motoneurons; Rabbit; Trigeminal motor nucleus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BRAIN STEM; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COLORING AGENTS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS; OXAZINES; RABBITS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI;

EID: 0032890251     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00212-7     Document Type: Article

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