Immunoreactivity for choline acetyltransferase of peripheral-type (pChAT) in the trigeminal ganglion neurons of the non-human primate Macaca fascicularis

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 59-64

  Koga, Tsuneyuki ^a,b   Bellier, Jean Pierre ^a   Kimura, Hiroshi ^a   Tooyama, Ikuo ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Choline acetyltransferase; Immunohistochemistry; Sensory ganglion; Trigeminal nerve

Indexed keywords

MACACA FASCICULARIS; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 84877027136     PISSN: 00445991     EISSN: 13475800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.12044     Document Type: Article

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