Multiple messengers in descending serotonin neurons: Localization and functional implications

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 75-86

  Hoökfelt, Tomas ^a   Arvidsson, Ulf ^a   Cullheim, Staffan ^a   Millhorn, David ^a,b   Nicholas, Anthony P ^a,c   Pieribone, Vincent ^a,d   Seroogy, Kim ^a,e   Ulfhake, Brun ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Hydroxytryptamine; Coexistence; GABA; Glutamate; Neuropeptides

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; BIOGENIC AMINE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINASE; GLYCINE; MONOAMINE; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROTIRELIN; SEROTONIN; SUBSTANCE P;

CONFERENCE PAPER; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MONOAMINERGIC NERVE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SECOND MESSENGER; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; CATS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HAPLORHINI; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; RATS; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 4243978480     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-0618(99)00037-X     Document Type: Article

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