Cat intraamygdaloid inhibitory network: Ultrastructural organization of parvalbumin-immunoreactive elements

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 391, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 164-179

  Smith, Yoland ^a   Paré, Jean François ^a   Paré, Denis ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Electron microscopy; GABA; Interneuron; Tract tracing

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; PARVALBUMIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; PARVALBUMINS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0032498564     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980209)391:2<164::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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