Astrocytic processes compensate for the apparent lack of GABA transporters in the axon terminals of cerebellar Purkinje cells

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 379-390

  Ribak, Charles E ^a   Tong, Winnie M Y ^a   Brecha, Nicholas C ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Basket cells; Cerebellar cortex; Deep cerebellar nuclei; Immunocytochemistry; Stellate cells

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRANULE CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029787727     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00198540     Document Type: Article

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