Origin of tectal cholinergic projections in amphibians: A combined study of choline acetyltransferase immunohistochemistry and retrograde transport of dextran amines

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 271-283

  Marín, Oscar ^a   González, Agustín ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Anuran; Choline acetyltransferase; Dextran amines; Laterodorsal tegmental nucleus; Nucleus isthmi; Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus; Pleurodeles waltl; Rana perezi; Tectum; Urodele

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DEXTRAN; TEXAS RED; XANTHENE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FROG; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SALAMANDER; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; PLEURODELES; RANIDAE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; XANTHENES;

EID: 17044440803     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523899162084     Document Type: Article

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