γ-Aminobutyric acid-, glycine-, and glutamate-immunopositive boutons on mesencephalic trigeminal neurons that innervate jaw-closing muscle spindles in the rat: Ultrastructure and development

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 3414-3427

  Paik, Sang Kyoo ^a   Kwak, Myung Kyw ^a   Bae, Jin Young ^a   Yi, Hyun Won ^a   Yoshida, Atsushi ^b   Ahn, Dong Kuk ^a   Bae, Yong Chul ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axosomatic synapse; Development; Trigeminal mesencephalic neuron; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LABELING; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; MALE; MESENCEPHALIC TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; MITOCHONDRIAL VOLUME; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; MALE; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE SPINDLES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI;

EID: 84865340904     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23110     Document Type: Article

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