Chemoarchitecture of GABAergic neurons in the ferret superior colliculus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 452, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 334-359

  Behan, Mary ^a   Steinhacker, Kate ^a   Jeffrey Borger, Susan ^a   Meredith, M Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calbindin; Calretinin; NADPH; NOS; Parvalbumin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PARVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; FERRET; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; AXONS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; FERRETS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GABA PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; ISOENZYMES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NADP; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTERS; PARVALBUMINS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0037190910     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10378     Document Type: Article

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