GABAergic modulation of axonal conduction in the developing rat retinotectal pathway

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 299-302

  Lim, Christopher H ^a   Ho, Stephen M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Development; GABA; Optic nerve; Rat; Retinotectal pathway

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BICUCULLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FETUS; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BICUCULLINE; FEMALE; FETUS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OPTIC NERVE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0032526499     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(98)00052-2     Document Type: Article

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