A GABAergic projection from the central nucleus of the amygdala to the nucleus of the solitary tract: A combined anterograde tracing and electron microscopic immunohistochemical study

Neuroscience

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 613-626

  Saha, S ^a   Batten, T F C ^a   Henderson, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anterograde tracing; GABA; Glutamate; Nucleus of the solitary tract; Vesicular GABA transporter

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DEXTRAN DERIVATIVE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GOLD;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GABA PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTERS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOLITARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 0034706055     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(00)00240-2     Document Type: Article

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