Selective clustering of GABAA and glycine receptors in the mammalian retina

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2127-2140

  Koulen, Peter ^a   Sassoè Pognetto, Marco ^a,b   Grünert, Ulrike ^a,c   Wässle, Heinz ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpha ganglion cells; GABAA receptors; Glycine receptors; Immunocytochemistry; Intracellular injection; Lucifer Yellow; Receptor clustering; Retinal ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; DENDRITES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENT DYES; ISOMERISM; ISOQUINOLINES; MAMMALS; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0029862916     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-06-02127.1996     Document Type: Article

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