Confocal immunofluorescence study of rat aortic body chemoreceptors and associated neurons in situ and in vitro

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 519, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 856-873

  Piskuric, Nikol A ^a   Vollmer, Cathy ^a   Nurse, Colin A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Cell culture; Glomus cells; Intravagal neurons; P2X purinoceptors

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NEUROMODULIN; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PERIPHERIN; PURINERGIC P2X2 RECEPTOR; PURINERGIC P2X3 RECEPTOR; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA CHEMORECEPTOR; ARTICLE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; JUVENILE ANIMAL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; TISSUE SECTION; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; AORTIC BODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LARYNGEAL NERVES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P2X2; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P2X3; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VAGUS NERVE; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 79251589057     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22553     Document Type: Article

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