Localization of the presynaptic cytomatrix protein Piccolo at ribbon and conventional synapses in the rat retina: Comparison with Bassoon

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 439, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 224-234

  Dick, Oliver ^a   Hack, Iris ^b   Altrock, Wilko Detlef ^b   Garner, Craig Curtis ^a   Gundelfinger, Eckart Dieter ^b   Brandsttter, Johann Helmut ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

GABAergic and glycinergic synapses; Glutamatergic; Immunocytochemistry; Postembedding immunoelectron microscopy; Synaptic proteins

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CONES (RETINA); CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEUROPEPTIDES; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; RETINA; RODS (RETINA); SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISION;

EID: 0035888306     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.1344     Document Type: Article

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