Ultrastructure, synaptic organization, and molecular components of bushy cell networks in the anteroventral cochlear nucleus of the rhesus monkey

Neuroscience

Volumn 179, Issue , 2011, Pages 188-207

  Gomez Nieto R ^a   Rubio, M E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear nucleus; Electron microscopy; Gap junctions; Immunohistochemistry; Synaptic integration; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 3; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 4; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR DELTA 1; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR DELTA 2; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ALPHA 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; PARVALBUMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTEROVENTRAL COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BUSHY CELL; CELL JUNCTION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHESUS MONKEY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; GAP JUNCTIONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA MULATTA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NERVE NET; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 79952620941     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.01.058     Document Type: Article

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