Glutamate and AMPA receptor immunoreactivity in Ia synapses with motoneurons and neurons of the central cervical nucleus

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 447-457

  Ragnarson, Birger ^a   Örnung, Göran ^a   Grant, Gunnar ^a   Ottersen, Ole Petter ^b   Ulfhake, Brun ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Freeze substitution; Rat; Spinal cord; Stretch reflex

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; GOLD; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; GANGLION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNODETECTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SAMPLING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0037394384     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1388-6     Document Type: Article

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