Location of muscarinic type 2 receptors within the synaptic circuitry of the cat visual thalamus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 410, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 431-443

  Carden, W Breckinridge ^a   Bickford, Martha E ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Electron microscopy; GABA; Glomerulus; LGN; Pulvinar

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DENDRITIC CELL; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GLOMERULUS; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULVINAR; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CATS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENICULATE BODIES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE ENDINGS; RECEPTOR, MUSCARINIC M2; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SYNAPSES; THALAMUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0033517172     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990802)410:3<431::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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