Glutamate containing neurons in the cat superior colliculus revealed by immunocytochemistry

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 387-393

  Jeon, Chang Jin ^b   Gurski, Michael R ^c   Mize, R Ranney ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid neurotransmitters; Gamma L glutamyl L glutamic acid; Projection neurons; Retrograde tracing; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031104487     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800011500     Document Type: Article

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