GABA, GAD, and GABA(A) receptor α4, β1, and γ1 subunits are expressed in the late embryonic and early postnatal neocortical germinal matrix and coincide with gliogenesis

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 398-407

  Ma, Wu ^a,b   Barker, Jeffery L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain development; BrdU; Immunocytochemistry; In situ hybridization; Mitotic cycle

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; RATS;

5-BROMO-2'-DEOXYURIDINE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; DEOXYURIDINE; EMBRYONICS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN-SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MITOTIC CYCLES; NEWBORN RATS;

CELL PROLIFERATION;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GLIA CELL; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032031197     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19980301)40:5<398::AID-JEMT6>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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