Synaptic connections between GABA-immunoreactive neurons and uniglomerular projection neurons within the antennal lobe of the cockroach, Periplaneta americana

Synapse

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-13

  Distler, Paul G ^a   Gruber, Claudia ^a   Boeckh, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Insects; Olfactory system; Synapses

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COCKROACH; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PERIPLANETA; SENSE ORGANS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031959545     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2396(199805)29:1<1::AID-SYN1>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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