Somatostatin-IR neurons are a major subpopulation of the cuneothalamic neurons in the rat cuneate nucleus

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 199-207

  Wang, Tsyr Jiuan ^a   Lue, June Horng ^a   Shieh, Jeng Yung ^a   Wen, Chen Yuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CTNs; GABA; Glutamate; Glycine; Immunohistochemistry; SOM IR neurons

Indexed keywords

SOMATOSTATIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMAL; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOMATOSTATIN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THALAMUS;

EID: 0033801158     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(00)00161-9     Document Type: Article

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