Calretinin is present in serotonin- and γ-aminobutyric acid-positive amacrine cell populations in the retina of Xenopus laevis

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 285, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-12

  Gábriel, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Calcium binding proteins; Colocalization; Neurochemical signature; Neurotransmitters; Retina

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALRETININ; DOPAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; DENDRITES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; RETINA; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0342656980     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01005-3     Document Type: Article

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