Amino acid signatures in the primate retina

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 6807-6829

  Kalloniatis, Michael ^a   Marc, Robert E ^b   Murry, Ralph F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aspartate; GABA; gl ycine; glutamate; glutamine; immunocytochemistry; neurotransmitters; pattern recognition; primate; retina; taurine; vision

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; MONKEY; MUELLER CELL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; VISION;

EID: 0029861592     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-21-06807.1996     Document Type: Article

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