Immunocytochemical localization of the NMDA-R2A receptor subunit in the cat retina

Brain Research

Volumn 808, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-154

  Goebel, Dennis J ^a   Aurelia, Jacqueline L ^a   Tai, Qing ^a   Jojich, Ljubomir ^a   Poosch, Michael S ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amacrine cell; Calbindin; Colocalization with GABA; Cone photoreceptor; Ganglion cell; Horizontal cell; Immunocytochemistry; NMDA R2B; NMDA R2A; Outer segment; Parvalbumin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALBINDIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PARVALBUMIN; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CATS; CONES (RETINA); EYE PROTEINS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PARVALBUMINS; RATS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 0032547869     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00749-5     Document Type: Article

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