Parvocells: A novel interneuron type in the pacemaker nucleus of a weakly electric fish

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 423, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 427-439

  Smith, G Troy ^a   Lu, Ying ^a   Zakon, Harold H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Apteronotus leptorhynchus; Calbindin; Gap junctions; Gephyrin; Glycine receptor; Parvalbumin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BIOTIN DERIVATIVE; GEPHYRIN; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; NERVE PROTEIN; PARVALBUMIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN SV 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FISH; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GAP JUNCTION; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BIOTIN; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CARRIER PROTEINS; COLORING AGENTS; ELECTRIC FISH; GAP JUNCTIONS; INTERNEURONS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUROGLIA; PARVALBUMINS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; SYNAPSES; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0034738776     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9861(20000731)423:3<427::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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