Cholinergic and GABAergic neuronal elements in the pineal organ of lampreys, and tract-tracing observations of differential connections of pinealofugal neurons

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 295, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 215-223

  Pombal, M A ^a   Yanez J ^b   Marin O ^c   Gonzalez A ^c   Anadon R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Connections; GABA; Ichthyomyzon unicuspis; Immunocytochemistry; Lampetra fluviatilis; Optic tectum; Petromyzon marinus (Cyclostomata); Photoreceptors; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LAMPREY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PHOTORECEPTOR; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMPREYS; NEURONS; PHOTORECEPTORS; PINEAL GLAND; SEROTONIN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033005995     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051227     Document Type: Article

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