Development of inhibitory circuitry in visual and auditory cortex of postnatal ferrets: Immunocytochemical localization of GABAergic neurons

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 409, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 261-273

  Gao, Wen Jun ^a   Newman, Douglas E ^b   Wormington, Amy B ^c   Pallas, Sarah L ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cajal Retzius cell; Cortical development; Critical period; GABA; Immunocytochemistry; Postnatal development

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; FERRET; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INHIBITION KINETICS; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; AUDITORY CORTEX; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); FERRETS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0033612528     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990628)409:2<261::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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