GABAergic neurons in mammalian thalamus: A marker of thalamic complexity?

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-37

  Arcelli, P ^a   Frassoni, C ^a   Regondi, M C ^a   Biasi, S De ^b   Spreafico, R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Immunocytochemistry; Inhibitory circuits; Interneurons; Reticular thalamic nucleus; Ventrobasal nucleus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CELL MARKER; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAMMAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030471170     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(96)00107-4     Document Type: Article

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