Synaptic connections of starburst amacrine cells and localization of acetylcholine receptors in primate retinas

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 461, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 76-90

  Yamada, Elizabeth S ^a,e   Dmitrieva, Nina ^b   Keyser, Kent T ^b   Lindstrom, Jon M ^c   Hersh, Louis B ^d   Marshak, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Cholinergic; Muscarinic; Nicotinic; Presynaptic receptors

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLECYSTOKININ; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; SYNAPSE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; EYE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; MACACA MULATTA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0037573584     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10672     Document Type: Article

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