Immunocytochemistry and distribution of parabrachial terminals in the lateral geniculate nucleus of the cat: A comparison with corticogeniculate terminals

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 377, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 535-549

  Erişir, Alev ^a   Van Horn, Susan C ^a   Bickford, Martha E ^a   Sherman, S Murray ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; BNOS; ChAT; nitric oxide; thalamus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BIOCYTIN; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL SIZE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 1842405441     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970127)377:4<535::AID-CNE5>3.3.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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