Two types of interneurons in the cat visual thalamus are distinguished by morphology, synaptic connections, and nitric oxide synthase content

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 413, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-100

  Bickford, Martha E ^a   Carden, W Breckinridge ^a   Patel, Niraj C ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid; Brain nitric oxide synthase; Glomerulus; Lateral geniculate nucleus; Lateral posterior nucleus; Pulvinar nucleus

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; FEMALE; INTERNEURON; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; SYNAPSES; THALAMUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0033547211     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19991011)413:1<83::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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