Large cholinergic nerve terminals on subsets of motoneurons and their relation to muscarinic receptor type 2

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 460, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 476-486

  Hellström, Johan ^a   Oliveira, Alexandre L R ^a   Meister, Björn ^a   Cullheim, Staffan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; C boutons; Cranial nerves; Rat; Vesicular acetylcholine transporter

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOTONEURON; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENT DYES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, MUSCARINIC M2; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SPINAL CORD; STILBAMIDINES; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 0037627243     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10648     Document Type: Article

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