Afferents from rat temporal cortex synapse on lateral amygdala neurons that express NMDA and AMPA receptors

Synapse

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 218-229

  Farb, Claudia R ^a   Ledoux, J E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Glutamate receptor; Immunocytochemistry; TE3; Ultra structure

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; SYNAPSE RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN CORTEX; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0033197992     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2396(19990901)33:3<218::AID-SYN6>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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