Expression of GABA transporters, GAT-1 and GAT-3, in the cerebral cortex and thalamus of the rat during postnatal development

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 313, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 245-257

  Vitellaro Zuccarello, L ^a   Calvaresi, N ^a   De Biasi, S ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Anatomia Umana   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Electron microscopy; GABA; GFAP; Rat (Wistar); Vimentin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GABA TRANSPORTER 1; GABA TRANSPORTER 3; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH CONE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MACROGLIA; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT; THALAMUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ASTROCYTES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GABA PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THALAMUS; VIMENTIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0141887415     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-003-0746-9     Document Type: Article

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