Serotoninergic and noradrenergic axonal contacts associated with premotor interneurons in spinal pathways from group II muscle afferents

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1271-1280

  Maxwell, David J ^a   Riddell, J S ^a   Jankowska, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Image analysis; Immunocytochemistry; Intracellular staining; Monoamines

Indexed keywords

MONOAMINE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DENDRITE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERNEURON; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MONOAMINE NERVE CELL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CATS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; INTERNEURONS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NOREPINEPHRINE; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0034090696     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00022.x     Document Type: Article

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