Choline acetyltransferase is found in terminals of horizontal cells that label with GABA, nitric oxide synthase and calcium binding proteins in the turtle retina

Brain Research

Volumn 878, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 228-239

  Cuenca, Nicolas ^b   Haverkamp, Silke ^c   Kolb, Helga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calbindin; Calretinin; ChAT; Confocal microscopy; eNOS; GABA; nNOS

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALBINDIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALRETININ; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DENDRITES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE ENDINGS; NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHOTORECEPTORS; RETINA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TURTLES;

EID: 0034730558     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02775-X     Document Type: Article

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