Transient appearance of GTP cyclohydrolase I - positive non-monoaminergic neurons in the ventral lateral geniculate nucleus of postnatal mice

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 79-82

  Nagatsu, Ikuko ^a   Takeuchi, Terumi ^a   Sakai, Masao ^a   Arai, Ryohachi ^a   Karasawa, Nobuyuki ^a   Nagatsu, Toshiharu ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aromatic L amino acid decarboxylase; Brain; GTP cyclohydrolase I; Immunocytochemistry; Mouse; Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate diaphorase; Tyrosine hydroxylase; Ventral lateral geniculate nucleus

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030572674     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)12934-7     Document Type: Article

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