Indications for GABA-immunoreactive axo-axonic contacts on the intraspinal arborization of a Ib fiber in cat: A confocal microscope study

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 10030-10036

  Lamotte D'Incamps, Boris ^a   Destombes, Josette ^a   Thiesson, Danièle ^a   Hellio, Raymond ^b   Lasserre, Xavier ^a   Kouchtir Devanne, Nezha ^a   Jami, Léna ^a   Zytnicki, Daniel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; GABAergic axo axonic contacts; Ib afferent fiber; Mammals; Motor control; Presynaptic inhibition

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DEXTRAN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; RHODAMINE;

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CAT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE;

EID: 7844243980     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-23-10030.1998     Document Type: Article

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