Distribution of GABA, glycine, and glutamate immunoreactivities in the vestibular nuclear complex of the frog

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 377, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-164

  Reichenberger, I ^a   Straka, H ^a   Ottersen, O P ^b   Streit, P ^c   Gerrits, N M ^d   Dieringer, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

amino acids; colocalization; comparative aspects; immunocytochemistry; neurotransmitter

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; FROG; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VESTIBULAR NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; RANA TEMPORARIA; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

EID: 0031024362     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970113)377:2<149::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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