Synaptic and neurochemical features of calcitonin gene-related peptide containing neurons in the rat accessory optic nuclei

Brain Research

Volumn 838, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 119-130

  Zhou, J ^a   Ribak, C E ^a   Yan, X X ^a   Giolli, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcitonin gene related peptide; Calcium binding protein; Dorsal terminal nucleus; GABA; Lateral terminal nucleus; Medial terminal nucleus; Retinal axon terminal

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALBINDIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CALRETININ; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; PARVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; OPTIC NERVE; PARVALBUMINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0033554166     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01642-X     Document Type: Article

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