Identification of cholinoceptive glycinergic neurons in the mammalian retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 456, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-175

  Dmitrieva, Nina A ^a   Pow, David V ^b   Lindstrom, Jon M ^c   Keyser, Kent T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Glycinergic cells; Immunohistochemistry; Nicotinic receptors; Preembedding immunoelectron microscopy

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ANTIBODY; CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RABBIT; RETINA; SYNAPSE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, NEUTRAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; GLYCINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURONS; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RETINA;

EID: 0037415311     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10520     Document Type: Article

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