Cerebellar Golgi, Purkinje, and basket cells have reduced γ-aminobutyric acid immunoreactivity in stargazer mutant mice

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 453, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 85-99

  Richardson, Christine A ^a   Leitch, Beulah ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid; BDNF; Cerebellum; Immunogold; Stargazer

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EYELID REFLEX; GRANULE CELL; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL COMMUNICATION; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PURKINJE CELLS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0037020712     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10406     Document Type: Article

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