Immunoreactive excitatory amino acids in the parietal eye of lizards, a comparison with the pineal organ and retina

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 287, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 275-283

  Vígh, Béla ^a   Debreceni, Károly ^a   Fejér, Zsolt ^a   Vígh Teichmann, Ingeborg ^b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b Hosp of the Paul Gerhardt Stiftung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspartate; Electron microscopy; Glutamate; Immunocytochemistry; Lacerta muralis, Lacerta agilis, Lacerta viridis (Lacertilia); Parietal eye; Pineal organ; Retina

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LENS EPITHELIUM; LIZARD; MALE; MUELLER CELL; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA;

EID: 0031042754     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050752     Document Type: Article

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