GABAergic and glycinergic inputs to the rabbit oculomotor nucleus with special emphasis on the medial rectus subdivision

Brain Research

Volumn 707, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 314-319

  Wentzel, P R ^a   Gerrits, N M ^a   De Zeeuw, C I ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Eye movement; Postembedding immunocytochemistry; Vestibular nuclei; Vestibulo ocular reflex

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

EID: 0030044649     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01389-X     Document Type: Article

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