Muscarinic receptor subtypes in the lateral geniculate nucleus: A light and electron microscopic analysis

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 404, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 408-425

  Plummer, Kim Lord ^a   Manning, Karen A ^a   Levey, Allan I ^b   Rees, Howard D ^b   Uhlrich, Daniel J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Cholinergic receptors; Neuromodulation; Thalamic reticular nucleus; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MICROSCOPY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CATS; GENICULATE BODIES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, MUSCARINIC M1; RECEPTOR, MUSCARINIC M2; RECEPTOR, MUSCARINIC M3; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THALAMIC NUCLEI; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0033557261     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990215)404:3<408::AID-CNE9>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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