Ultrastructural distribution of glycinergic and GABAergic neurons and axon terminals in the rat dorsal cochlear nucleus, with emphasis on granule cell areas

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-56

  Alibardi, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dorsal cochlear nucleus; GABA; Glycine; Immunocytochemistry; Interneurons; Rat

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BRUSH BORDER; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EMBEDDING; FEMALE; GOLGI COMPLEX; GRANULE CELL; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STELLATE CELL; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TONOTOPY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; RATS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038794998     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2003.00208.x     Document Type: Article

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