Abstract
With the possible exception of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), the neurochemical transmitter agents released during passage of an afferent volley through the thalamus are unknown. But there is a long history of iontophoretic studies of thalamic neurons and there are many accounts of the localization of transmitter-related compounds and of various kinds of receptor agents in the thalamus. It is to these that we turn our attention in this chapter.
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Jones, E.G. (1985). Transmitters, Receptors, and Related Compounds in the Thalamus. In: Jones, E.G. (eds) The Thalamus. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1749-8_5
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