Direct synaptic projections to esophageal motoneurons in the nucleus ambiguus from the nucleus of the solitary tract of the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 381, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-30

  Hayakawa, Tetsu ^a   Zheng, Jun Qi ^a   Yajima, Yukio ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

electron microscopy; retrograde tracing study; swallowing; synaptology; WGA HRP anterograde tracing study

Indexed keywords

WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; INTERNEURON; MALE; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SWALLOWING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CHOLERA TOXIN; DEGLUTITION; DENDRITES; ESOPHAGUS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 1842375054     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970428)381:1<18::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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