Co-localization of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, γ-aminobutyric acid and choline acetyltransferase in neocortical interneurons of the adult rat

Brain Research

Volumn 757, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 209-217

  Bayraktar, T ^a   Staiger, J F ^a   Acsady, L ^b   Cozzari, C ^c   Freund, T F ^b   Zilles, K ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylholine; Cerebral cortex; GABA; Inhibitory interneuron; Mirror technique; Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME ASSAY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0030952188     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00218-7     Document Type: Article

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