Forebrain neurons that project to the gustatory parabrachial nucleus in rat lack glutamic acid decarboxylase

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 294, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Saggu, Shalini ^a   Lundy, Robert F ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Bed nucleus; Cortex; GAD; Hypothalamus; Taste

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FOREBRAIN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TASTE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEURONS; PONS; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEPTAL NUCLEI;

EID: 38149051171     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00635.2007     Document Type: Article

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