Synaptic organization of GABAergic projections from the substantia nigra pars reticulata and the reticular thalamic nucleus to the parafascicular thalamic nucleus in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 957, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 231-241

  Tsumori, Toshiko ^a   Yokota, Shigefumi ^a   Ono, Katsuhiko ^a   Yasui, Yukihiko ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

GABA; Parafascicular thalamic nucleus; Rat; Reticular thalamic nucleus; Substantia nigra pars reticulata

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DEXTRAN AMINE; DEXTRAN DERIVATIVE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; LEUKOAGGLUTININ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; THALAMUS PARAFASCICULAR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENDRITES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRALAMINAR THALAMIC NUCLEI; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0037073587     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)03554-0     Document Type: Article

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