Immunocytochemical distribution of the AMPA receptor subunits GluR2/3 and GluR4 in the cristae ampullares of the hatched chicken

European Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 79-83

  Elezgarai, I ^a   Puente, N ^a   Azkue, J J ^a   Hermida, D ^a   Bilbao, A ^a   Diez J ^a   Donate Oliver F ^a   Flores, A ^b   Grandes, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Avian; Electron microscopy; Glutamate receptors; Immunocytochemistry; Light microscopy; Vestibular organ

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 3; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 4; PEROXIDASE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CRISTAE AMPULLARES; DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPITHELIUM; GANGLION; HAIR CELL; HAIR CELL TYPE I; HAIR CELL TYPE II; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREEMBEDDING IMMUNOPEROXIDASE METHOD; SENSORY NERVE; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM EPITHELIUM; VESTIBULE GANGLION;

EID: 0742288335     PISSN: 11364890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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