Differences in the distribution of GABA- and GAD-immunoreactive neurons in the anterior and posterior piriform cortex of rats

Brain Research

Volumn 800, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-31

  Löscher, Wolfgang ^a   Lehmann, Holger ^a   Ebert, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Inhibition; Kindling; Olfactory cortex; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; KINDLING; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; SEIZURE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0345726007     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00488-0     Document Type: Article

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