Pattern differentiation of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic inputs on distinct neuronal types in the rat caudal nucleus of the tractus solitarius

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 300-315

  Yoshioka, Masayuki ^a   Okada, Tomoaki ^a   Inoue, Kiyoharu ^a   Kawai, Yoshinori ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calbindin; GABA; Glutamate; Stereology; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; MARKER; MESSENGER RNA; THORIUM; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA POSTREMA; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOGRAM; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CATECHOLAMINES; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2; VISCERAL AFFERENTS;

EID: 33646770661     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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