Immunocytochemical evidence that collision sensing neurons in the locust visual system contain acetylcholine

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 423, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 389-401

  Rind, F Claire ^a   Leitinger, Gerd ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Invertebrate; Motion detection; Presynaptic inhibition

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTEROCULAR TRANSFER; LOCUST; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CHOLINE; GRASSHOPPERS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; OPTIC LOBE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0034738773     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9861(20000731)423:3<389::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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