Evidence for a glutamatergic input to pontine preganglionic neurons of the superior salivatory nucleus in rat

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 261-268

  Lin, Li Hsien ^a   Agassandian, Khristofor ^a   Fujiyama, Fumino ^b   Kaneko, Taneshi ^b   Talman, William T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Confocal; Glutamate; Immunohistochemistry; NMDA; SSN; VGLUT1; VGLUT2

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE NUCLEUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPIL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC GANGLION; PONS; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SALIVATION;

EID: 0037756692     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-0618(03)00033-4     Document Type: Article

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