Vesicular glutamate transporters in the lateral geniculate nucleus: Expression of VGLUT2 by retinal terminals

Brain Research

Volumn 996, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 251-254

  Land, Peter W ^a   Kyonka, E ^a   Shamalla Hannah, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNPI; Encapsulated synapse; Retinogeniculate

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENUCLEATION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA; STAINING;

EID: 0346102801     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2003.10.032     Document Type: Article

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