γ-Aminobutyric Acid Is Present in a Spatially Discrete Subpopulation of Hair Cells in the Crista Ampullaris of the Toadfish Opsanus tau

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 471, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-10

  Holstein, Gay R ^a   Martinelli, Giorgio P ^a   Henderson, Scott C ^a   Friedrich Jr , Victor L ^a   Rabbitt, Richard D ^b   Highstein, Stephen M ^c,d  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutamate; Otolith; Semicircular canal; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTIBODY; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COCHLEA FENESTRA; CYTOPLASM; FISH; HAIR CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTRICLE; VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

ANIMALS; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; COLUMBIDAE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HAIR CELLS, VESTIBULAR; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VESTIBULE;

EID: 1442285310     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.11025     Document Type: Article

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