GABA- and glycine-like immunoreactivity in axons and dendrites contacting the central terminals of rapidly adapting glabrous skin afferents in rat spinal cord

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 464, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 497-510

  Watson, Alan H D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dorsal horn; Sensory neuron; Synapse; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CAT; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLABROUS SKIN; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SKIN NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AXONS; DENDRITES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE ENDINGS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SKIN; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0041920964     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10812     Document Type: Article

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