Synaptic connections of distinct interneuronal subpopulations in the rat basolateral amygdalar nucleus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 456, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 217-236

  Muller, Jay F ^a   Mascagni, Franco ^a   McDonald, Alexander J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calbindin; Electron microscopy; GABA; Immunohistochemistry; Interneurons; Vasoactive intestinal peptide

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALBINDIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; INNERVATION; INTERNEURON; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SILVER STAINING; SYNAPSE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; DENDRITES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURAL INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0037428930     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10435     Document Type: Article

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