Distribution of the vesicular transporter for acetylcholine in the rat central nervous system

Neuroscience

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1195-1212

  Roghani, A ^a,c   Shirzadi, A ^a   Butcher, L L ^b   Edwards, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Central nervous system; Cholinergic; Presynaptic; Synaptic transmission; Vesicular acetylcholine transporter

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; FIBROBLAST; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 0343554026     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00291-1     Document Type: Article

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