Glutamine synthetase (GS) activity and spatial and temporal patterns of GS expression in the developing chick retina: Relationship with synaptogenesis in the outer plexiform layer

GLIA

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 221-236

  Prada, Francisco A ^a   Quesada, Adela ^a   Dorado, Manuel E ^a   Chmielewski, Carola ^a   Prada, Carmen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dissociated Muller cells (non cultured); Hydrocortisone precocious induction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032031125     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199803)22:3<221::AID-GLIA2>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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