GABA-immunoreactive starburst amacrine cells in pigmented and albino rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3195-3198

  Blaszczyk, W M ^a   Telkes, I ^a   Distler, C ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Albinism; Direction selectivity; Optokinetic system; Rattus norvegicus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ALBINISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPTOKINETIC STIMULATION; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; STARBURST AMACRINE CELL; WILD TYPE;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 10844295816     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03761.x     Document Type: Article

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