Glutamate metabolic pathways in displaced ganglion cells of the chicken retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 367, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 518-536

  Kalloniatis, Michael ^a   Napper, Genevieve A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

amino acids; aspartate; glutamine; neurotransmitters; vision

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CHICKEN; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; STEM CELL; TRANSAMINATION;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; CELL SIZE; CHICKENS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0029878548     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960415)367:4<518::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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