Geometric and functional architecture of visceral sensory microcircuitry

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-30

  Negishi, Yoshikatsu ^a   Kawai, Yoshinori ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axon collateral; GABAergic; Glutamatergic; Laminar organization; Nucleus of the tractus solitarius; Reverberation

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DENDRITE; DENSITOMETRY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; VISCERAL AFFERENTS;

EID: 79952186038     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-010-0294-5     Document Type: Article

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