Cytoarchitecture of the tectum opticum in the Japanese quail

Neuroscience

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 663-678

  Hilbig, H ^a   Roth, G ^b   Brylla, E ^a   Robine K P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c Carl Ludwig Institute for Physiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium binding proteins; GABA immunohistochemistry; Golgi; Interneurons; NADPH d histochemistry

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALBINDIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; PARVALBUMIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EYE MOVEMENT; GOLGI COMPLEX; HEAD MOVEMENT; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; COTURNIX; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PARVALBUMINS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0032101211     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00019-0     Document Type: Article

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