Serotonergic innervation of mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus neurons: A light and electron microscopic study in the rat

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 127-140

  Li, Jin Lian ^a   Xiong, Kang Hui ^a   Li, Yun Qing ^a   Kaneko, Takeshi ^b   Mizuno, Noboru ^a,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus; Raphe nuclei; Rat; Serotonin; Substance P; Tract tracing study

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 0034213237     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(00)00108-5     Document Type: Article

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