Immunohistochemical studies of localization and co-localization of glutamate, aspartate and GABA in the anterior thalamic nuclei, retrosplenial granular cortex, thalamic reticular nucleus and mammillary nuclei of the rat

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 77-84

  Gonzalo Ruiz, A ^a   Sanz, J M ^a   Lieberman, A R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acid immunocytochemistry; Cerebral cortex; Co localization; Limbic system; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; BENZIDINE; DIAMINOBENZIDINE; FLUORESCEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; RHODAMINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GYRUS CINGULI; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAMILLARY BODIES; NEURONS; RATS; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0030462775     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-0618(96)00180-9     Document Type: Article

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