Enrichment of glutamate-like immunoreactivity in the retinotectal terminals of the viper Vipera aspis: An electron microscope quantitative immunogold study

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 267-280

  Reperant J ^a,b   Rio, J P ^a   Ward, R ^b,c   Wasowicz, M ^b   Miceli, D ^c   Medina, M ^b   Pierre, J ^a,b  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glutamate; Immunocytochemistry; Reptile; Visual system

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; PROLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXOPLASM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; FEMALE; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; SNAKE; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AXONS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VIPERIDAE; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0343052673     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-0618(97)00018-5     Document Type: Article

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