Cholinesterases precede 'ON-OFF' channel dichotomy in the embryonic chick retina before onset of synaptogenesis

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 288, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 407-416

  Layer, Paul G ^a   Berger, Jürgen ^b   Kinkl, Norbert ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Butyrylcholinesterase; Chicken; ON OFF pathways; Plexiform layers; Retina wiring; Spatiotemporal gradient; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RETINA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNAPSES;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030993134     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050827     Document Type: Article

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