Distribution of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype mGluR5 in rat midbrain periaqueductal grey and relationship with ascending spinofugal afferents

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-4

  Azkue, Jon Jatsu ^a,c   Knöpfel, Thomas ^a   Kuhn, Reiner ^b   Mateos, José María ^a   Grandes, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b CNS Research   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Excitatory amino acids; Immunocytochemistry; Metabotropic glutamate receptors; Periaqueductal grey; Wheat germ agglutinin conjugated horseradish peroxidase

Indexed keywords

METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SECOND MESSENGER; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0343924468     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00357-1     Document Type: Article

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