Expression pattern of glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) in the developing cortex of the embryonic chick brain

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 127-137

  Lundgren, Per ^a   Johansson, Lenore ^b   Englund, Camilla ^a   Sellström, Åke ^b   Mattsson, Mats Olof ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

GABA; GAD65; GAD67; Immune electron microscopy; Immunostaining; In situ hybridization; mRNA; NSE; Telencephalon

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; MESSENGER RNA; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA PROBE; SUBICULUM; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030981272     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5748(96)00068-8     Document Type: Article

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