Quantitative and immunohistochemical analysis of neuronal types in the mouse caudal nucleus tractus solitarius: Focus on GABAergic neurons

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 275-284

  Okada, Tomoaki ^a   Tashiro, Yasura ^a   Kato, Fusao ^a   Yanagawa, Yuchio ^b   Obata, Kunihiko ^c   Kawai, Yoshinori ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disector analysis; Medulla oblongata

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CALBINDIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; MESSENGER RNA; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 2; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; NEURONS; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 41549126536     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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