Dendritic projections and dye-coupling in dopaminergic neurons of the Substantia Nigra examined in horizontal brain slices from young rats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2531-2535

  Lin, John Y ^a   Van Wyk, Michiel ^a   Bowala, Tharushini K ^a   Teo, Min Yau ^a   Lipski, Janusz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 36; DYE; FLUOROGOLD; FORSKOLIN; LUCIFER YELLOW; NEUROBIOTIN; TRIMETHYLAMINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL LABELING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GAP JUNCTION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOTIN; DENDRITES; DOPAMINE; FLUORESCENT DYES; ISOQUINOLINES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STAINING AND LABELING; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 0142027003     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00020.2003     Document Type: Article

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