Differences in the retinal GABA system among control, spastic mutant and retinal degeneration mutant mice

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 3471-3482

  Yazulla, Stephen ^a   Studholme, Keith M ^a   Pinto, Lawrence H ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA; Immunocytochemistry; Mutant mause; Retina

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; MUELLER CELL; MUTANT; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA DEGENERATION;

ANIMALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION;

EID: 0030859706     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(96)00223-4     Document Type: Article

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