Origins of spinal cholinergic pathways in amphibians demonstrated by retrograde transport and choline acetyltransferase immunohistochemistry

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 425, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 73-77

  López, Jesús M ^a   Morona, Ruth ^a   Moreno, Nerea ^a   Domínguez, Laura ^a   González, Agustín ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Brainstem; Descending pathways; Evolution; Immunohistochemistry; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

AMINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DEXTRAN DERIVATIVE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SALAMANDER; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; DEXTRANS; EVOLUTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PLEURODELES; PREOPTIC AREA; RANIDAE; RETICULAR FORMATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; XANTHENES; XENOPUS;

EID: 34548603239     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.08.017     Document Type: Article

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