GABAergic and glycinergic synapses onto neurokinin-1 receptor-immunoreactive neurons in the pre-Bötzinger complex of rats: Light and electron microscopic studies

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1058-1066

  Liu, Ying Ying ^a   Wong Riley, Margaret T T ^b   Liu, Jin Ping ^a   Jia, Yi ^a   Liu, Hui Ling ^a   Jiao, Xi Ying ^a   Ju, Gong ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal microscope; GAD; Glycine transporter 2; Immunogold silver staining; Respiratory rhythm generation

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLYCINE TRANSPORTER 2; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, NEUTRAL; ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; DENDRITES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLYCINE; GLYCINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURAL INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1; RESPIRATORY CENTER; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 18744393363     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02163.x     Document Type: Article

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