Development of cholinergic and GABAergic neurons in the rat medial septum: Different onset of choline acetyltransferase and glutamate decarboxylase mRNA expression

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 372, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 204-214

  Bender, Roland ^a   Plaschke, Martina ^a,c   Naumann, Thomas ^a   Wahle, Petra ^b   Frotscher, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

choline acetyltransferase; GABA; in situ hybridization; parvalbumin; septohippocampal projection

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEPTAL NUCLEI;

EID: 0029791420     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960819)372:2<204::AID-CNE4>3.3.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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