Cholinoceptive neurons in the retina of the chick: An immunohistochemical study of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 349-366

  Keyser, K T ^a   Hughes, T E ^a   Karten, H J ^a   Whiting, P J ^b   Lindstrom, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Choline acetyltransferase; Ganglion cells; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Retina

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CHICKENS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024182142     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800004120     Document Type: Article

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