GABA immunopositive axons in the optic nerve and optic tract of macaque monkeys

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1357-1363

  Wilson, J R ^a   Cowey, A ^b   Somogyi, P ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy (em); Gaba; Optic nerve; Primate; Retina

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MACACA; MESENCEPHALON; MICROSCOPY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0029864957     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(95)00235-9     Document Type: Article

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