Formation of synaptic specializations in the inner plexiform layer of the developing chick retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 375, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 393-405

  Hering, H ^a   Kroger S ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

electron microscopy; GABA receptor; glycine receptor; immunohistochemistry; synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHICK EMBRYO; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; RETINA; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; SYNAPTOTAGMINS;

EID: 0029952126     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19961118)375:3<393::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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