Distribution of glutamic acid decarboxylase mRNA-containing neurons in rat medulla projecting to thoracic spinal cord in relation to monoaminergic brainstem neurons

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 407, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 367-380

  Stornetta, Ruth L ^a   Guyenet, Patrice G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminobutyric acid; Autonomic regulation; Cardiovascular control; Catecholamines; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; FAST BLUE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; MESSENGER RNA; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA POSTREMA; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MONOAMINE NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BRAIN STEM; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD; THORAX; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033542040     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990510)407:3<367::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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