Immunohistochemical localization of NMDA- and AMPA-type glutamate receptor subunits in the basal ganglia of red-eared turtles

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 276-289

  Fowler, Michael ^a   Medina, Loreta ^b   Reiner, Anton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diencephalon; Glutamate; Glutamate receptors; Reptile; Telencephalon; Turtle

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CORPUS STRIATUM; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROPIL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0033426860     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006628     Document Type: Article

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