Immunocytochemical localization of glycine in the lamprey spinal cord with reference to gabaergic and glutamatergic synapses: A light and electron microscopic study

Acta Biologica Hungarica

Volumn 47, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 393-410

  Shupliakov, O ^a   Fagerstedt, P ^a   Ottersen, O P ^b   Storm Mathiesen, J ^b   Grillner, S ^a   Brodin, L ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Neurotransmitter; Synapse; Synaptic vesicle

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMPREY; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMPREYS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030345823     PISSN: 02365383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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