Postnatal development of synaptophysin immunoreactivity in the rat nucleus tractus solitarii and caudal ventrolateral medulla

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 281-285

  Rao, Hongwei ^a   Pio, Juliette ^a   Kessler, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Autonomic function; Brainstem vagal nuclei; Nucleus ambiguus; Nucleus tractus solitarii; Synaptogenesis; Ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

AGE; AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL LABELING; CHRONOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033524738     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(98)00178-3     Document Type: Article

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