Immunocytochemical localization of the synapse-associated protein SAP102 in the rat retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 397, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 326-336

  Koulen, Peter ^a   Garner, Craig C ^b   Wässle, Heinz ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

NMDA receptor; NR2A subunit; Postsynaptic density; Ribbon synapses; Synaptic clustering

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RETINA CELL; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUROPEPTIDES; RATS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RETINA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032479806     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980803)397:3<326::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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