Quantitative analyses of synaptic contacts of interneurons in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the squirrel monkey

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1129-1142

  Wilson, James R ^a   Forestner, Donna M ^a   Cramer, Ryan P ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Horseradish peroxidase; Primate; Thalamus; Visual pathways

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; DENDRITE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENICULATE BODY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTERNEURON; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENICULATE BODIES; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; SAIMIRI; SYNAPSES; THALAMUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0030277835     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095252380000777X     Document Type: Article

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