Cholinergic terminals in the ventral horn of adult rat and cat: Evidence that glutamate is a cotransmitter at putative interneuron synapses but not at central synapses of motoneurons

Neuroscience

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 111-122

  Liu, T T ^a   Bannatyne, B A ^a   Jankowska, E ^b   Maxwell, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; immunocytochemistry; motor control; Renshaw cell; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL CAT; MOTONEURON; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RENSHAW CELL; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; CATS; GLUTAMIC ACID; INTERNEURONS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNAPSES; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 67349141408     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.03.034     Document Type: Article

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