Postnatal development of GABA-immunoreactive terminals in the reticular and ventrobasal nuclei of the rat thalamus: A light and electron microscopic study

Neuroscience

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 503-515

  De Biasi, S ^a   Amadeo, A ^a   Arcelli, P ^a   Frassoni, C ^b   Spreafico, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Biologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Immunogold staining; Inhibition; Somatosensory system; Synaptic circuits

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE ENDING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASAL GANGLIA; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETICULAR FORMATION; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0031014217     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(96)00376-4     Document Type: Article

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