Identification of γ-aminobutyric acid-immunoreactive axon endings associated with mesencephalic periodontal afferent terminals and morphometry of the two types of terminals in the cat supratrigeminal nucleus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 389, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 127-138

  Bae, Yong Chul ^a   Park, Kuk Pil ^a   Yoshida, Atsushi ^b   Nakagawa, Shinji ^b   Kurata, Shu ^b   Chen, Kang ^b,c   Takemura, Motohide ^b   Shigenaga, Yoshio ^b  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Horseradish peroxidase; Immunogold labeling; Intraaxonal; Presynaptic inhibition; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MITOCHONDRIA; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERIODONTIUM; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SYNAPSES; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI;

EID: 1842292726     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971208)389:1<127::AID-CNE9>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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