Immunocytochemical analysis of the mouse retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 424, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-23

  Haverkamp, Silke ^a   Wässle, Heinz ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amacrine cells; Bipolar cells; Calcium binding proteins; Ganglion cells; Horizontal cells; Transmitter receptors; Transmitters

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ACETYLCHOLINE; CALBINDIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALDENDRIN; CALRETININ; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PARVALBUMIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; RECOVERIN; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; SYNAPSE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; RETINA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0342323816     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9861(20000814)424:1<1::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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