Postnatal development of GABA-immunoreactive neurons and terminals in rat periaqueductal gray matter: A light and electron microscopic study

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2240-2260

  Barbaresi, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aggresomes; Axon terminal; Dendrite; Development column; Gaba; Synapse

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; NEUROPIL; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; RATS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 77952182014     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22329     Document Type: Article

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