Abducens internuclear and ascending tract of Deiters inputs to medial rectus motoneurons in the cat oculomotor nucleus: Neurotransmitters

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 411, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-86

  Nguyen, Lynette T ^a,b   Spencer, Robert F ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abducens nucleus; Aspartate; Biocytin; Glutamate; Immunohistochemistry; Vestibular nucleus

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BIOCYTIN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PEROXIDASE;

ABDUCENS NUCLEUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; EYE MOVEMENT; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTONEURON; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR NUCLEUS; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ANIMALS; CATS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS; HEAD; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYSINE; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTION; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS, LATERAL;

EID: 0033575697     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990816)411:1<73::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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