Expression of GABA in the fetal, postnatal, and adult human retinas: An immunohistochemical study

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 425-432

  Nag, T C ^a   Wadhwa, S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Development; GABA; Horizontal cells; Human retina; Muller cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031148150     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800012104     Document Type: Article

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