Postnatal developmental changes of neurons expressing calcium-binding proteins on GAD mRNA in the pretectal nuclear complex of the cat

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 72-86

  Wahle, Petra ^a   Reimann, Silvia ^a,b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Institut für Neurobiologie IFN   (Germany)

Author keywords

accessory optic system; calbindin; differential cell growth; inhibitory neuron; parvalbumin; retinal afferent; retinal termination zone

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; PARVALBUMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CATS; CELL AGING; EYE PROTEINS; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PARVALBUMINS; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0031041057     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(96)00208-8     Document Type: Article

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