Coexpression of VGLUT1 and VGLUT2 in trigeminothalamic projection neurons in the principal sensory trigeminal nucleus of the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 3149-3168

  Ge, Shun Nan ^a,b   Ma, Yun Fei ^c   Hioki, Hiroyuki ^c   Wei, Yan Yan ^a   Kaneko, Takeshi ^c   Mizuno, Noboru ^c   Gao, Guo Dong ^b   Li, Jin Lian ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

anterograde labeling; fluorescence in situ hybridization; posterior thalamic nuclei; posteromedial ventral thalamic nucleus; retrograde labeling; vesicular glutamate transporter

Indexed keywords

TRACER; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS; THALAMUS POSTERIOR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CHOLERA TOXIN; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NERVE NET; POSTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA PROBES; RNA, MESSENGER; STILBAMIDINES; THALAMUS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2;

EID: 77954590726     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22389     Document Type: Article

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