Distribution of the γ-aminobutyric acid(A) receptor complex alpha 5 subunit in chick brain. An immunocytochemical and autoradiographic study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 291, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-53

  Aller, María Isabel ^a   Paniagua, Miguel Angel ^a   Gimenes, Ciela Carla ^b   Araujo, Francisco ^c   Vitorica, Javier ^c   Fernández López, Arsenio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b Farmaceuticas Analises Clinicas U   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aminobutyric acid(A) 5 subunit; Autoradiography; Brain; Chick; Immunocytochemistry; Polyclonal antibodies; Receptor

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANTIBODY; FLUNITRAZEPAM; TRITIUM; ZOLPIDEM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; EVOLUTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; TELENCEPHALON; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CHICKENS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIENCEPHALON; FLUNITRAZEPAM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PYRIDINES; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 0034623334     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01372-0     Document Type: Article

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