Glutamate, aspartate and co-localization with calbindin in the medial thalamus. An immunohistochemical study in the rat

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 95-104

  Frassoni, C ^a   Spreafico, R ^a   Bentivoglio, M ^b  

^a Dipartimento di Biologia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcium binding proteins; Excitatory amino acids; Rat; Thalamic nuclei

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CALBINDIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0030995389     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005689     Document Type: Article

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