Ultrastructure of glutamate and GABA immunoreactive axon terminals of the rat nucleus tractus solitarius, with a note on infralimbic cortex afferents

Brain Research

Volumn 820, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 20-30

  Torrealba, Fernando ^a   Müller, Celia ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

GABA; Glutamate; Immunogold; Infralimbic; Solitarius; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE ENDINGS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 0345188761     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01326-2     Document Type: Article

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