Some γ-motoneurons contain γ-aminobutyric acid in the rat cervical spinal cord

Brain Research

Volumn 1201, Issue , 2008, Pages 78-87

  Ito, Tetsufumi ^a   Hioki, Hiroyuki ^b   Nakamura, Kouichi ^b,c   Kaneko, Takeshi ^b,c   Iino, Satoshi ^a   Nojyo, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colocalization; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Schwann cell; Ventral horn

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FLUOROGOLD; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; ISOENZYME; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARM; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CELL LABELING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNTHESIS; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VENTRAL ROOT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DENERVATION; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS, GAMMA; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; STILBAMIDINES;

RATTUS;

EID: 40849139124     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.01.056     Document Type: Article

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