Differential content of vesicular glutamate transporters in subsets of vagal afferents projecting to the nucleus tractus solitarii in the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 522, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 642-653

  Hermes, Sam M ^a   Colbert, James F ^a   Aicher, Sue A ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholera toxin B subunit; Confocal microscopy; Electron microscopy; Isolectin B4; Vagus nerve; Vesicular glutamate transporter

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; GLUTAMIC ACID; ISOLECTIN B4; NEURONAL TRACT TRACER; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE; VAGUS NERVE;

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ISOLECTIN B4; VAGUS NERVE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMALS; CHOLERA TOXIN; LECTINS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2;

EID: 84890853736     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23438     Document Type: Article

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