Localization and source of γ aminobutyric acid immunoreactivity in the isthmic nucleus of the frog Rana esculenta

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 343-350

  Pollák, Edit ^a   Lázár, Gyula ^b   Gábriel, Róbert ^a   Wang, Shou Rong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Inhibitory interneurons; Synapses; Tegmental lesions

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FROG; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; TEGMENTUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DENERVATION; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL INHIBITION; RANA ESCULENTA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPSES; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0344609225     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(99)00006-4     Document Type: Article

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