Connexin36 identified at morphologically mixed chemical/electrical synapses on trigeminal motoneurons and at primary afferent terminals on spinal cord neurons in adult mouse and rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 263, Issue , 2014, Pages 159-180

  Bautista, W ^a   McCrea, D A ^a   Nagy, J I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gap junctions; Interneurons; Motoneurons; Vesicular glutamate transporter 1

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTIONS; INTERNEURONS; MOTONEURONS; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER-1;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1; VISCERAL AFFERENTS;

EID: 84893935729     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.12.057     Document Type: Article

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