Diversity of glutamate receptors in the mammalian retina

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1385-1397

  Brandstätter, Johann Helmut ^a   Koulen, Peter ^a   Wässle, Heinz ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; Immunocytochemistry; In situ hybridization; Ionotropic GluRs; Metabotropic GluRs

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CATS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032077448     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00176-4     Document Type: Article

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