Metamorphic changes in GABA immunoreactivity in the brainstem of the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 189-206

  Simmons, Andrea Megela ^a,b   Chapman, Judith A ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Development; Dorsal lateral nucleus; GABA; Metamorphosis; Superior olivary nucleus; Tadpole; Torus semicircularis

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BIRD; BRAIN STEM; BULLFROG; CELL LABELING; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EARDRUM; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL STAGE; MAMMAL; MATURATION; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; METAMORPHOSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPINAL CORD; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS; TADPOLE; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRAIN STEM; FLUORESCENCE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; MESENCEPHALON; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; RANA CATESBEIANA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; AVES; MAMMALIA; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 0036442895     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066701     Document Type: Article

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