C1 catecholamine neurons form local circuit synaptic connections within the rostroventrolateral medulla of rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 227, Issue , 2012, Pages 247-259

  Agassandian, K ^a   Shan, Z ^b   Raizada, M ^b   Sved, A F ^a   Card, J P ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine beta hydroxylase synthetic promoter; Lentivirus vector; Phenotypically defined anterograde tracing; RVLM; Synaptology; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXOPLASM; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MALE; MEDULLARY NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; ROSTROVENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; SOMATIC CELL; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATECHOLAMINES; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NERVE NET; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 84868234185     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.09.049     Document Type: Article

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