Connections of the superior vestibular nucleus with the oculomotor and red nuclei in the rat: An electron microscopic study

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 66, Issue 4-6, 2005, Pages 532-535

  Halasi, Gabor ^a   Bácskai, Timea ^a   Matesz, Clara ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

GABA; Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin; Vestibular system

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; LEUKOAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR NUCLEUS; PERIKARYON; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RED NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RED NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

EID: 24344505323     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2005.02.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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