Synaptic targets of cholinergic terminals in the cat lateral posterior nucleus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 410, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-41

  Patel, Niraj C ^a   Breckinridge Carden, W ^a   Bickford, Martha E ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid; Choline acetyl transferase; Glomerulus; Lateral geniculate nucleus; Pulvinar; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ENZYME ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CAT; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DENDRITE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULVINAR; RETINA NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

ANIMALS; CATS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE ENDINGS; STAINING AND LABELING; SYNAPSES; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0345161814     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990719)410:1<31::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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