Morphometric analysis of the AMPA-type neurons in the Deiters vestibular complex of the chick brain

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 334-345

  Passetto, Maria F ^a   Britto, Luiz R G ^b   Toledo, Cláudio A B ^a  

^a MASTERS AND DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN PHYSICAL THERAPY   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Avian brain; Comparative neuroanatomy; Glutamate receptors; Postural control; Vestibular system

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 3; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; VENTRAL ROOT; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL SHAPE; CEREBELLUM; CHICKENS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEURONS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, AMPA; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; SACCULE AND UTRICLE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS, LATERAL;

EID: 43649092737     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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