Glycinergic amacrine cells of the rat retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 401, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 34-46

  Menger, Nicole ^a   Pow, David V ^b   Wässle, Heinz ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amacrine cell density; Amacrine cell types; Bipolar cells; Glycine transporter; Lucifer Yellow injection

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE RECEPTOR; LUCIFER YELLOW;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; DENDRITIC CELL; DNA PROBE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, NEUTRAL; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL COUNT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GLYCINE; GLYCINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOQUINOLINES; NEURONS; RATS; RETINA;

EID: 0032501078     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19981109)401:1<34::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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