GABAergic system of the pineal organ of an elasmobranch (Scyliorhinus canicula): A developmental immunocytochemical study

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 323, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 273-281

  Carrera, Iván ^a   Sueiro, Catalina ^a   Molist, Pilar ^b   Holstein, Gay R ^c   Martinelli, Giorgio P ^c   Rodríguez Moldes, Isabel ^a   Anadón, Ramón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; GABAergic system; Pineal; Pinealopetal fibers; Scyliorhinus canicula (Chondrichthyes)

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; DEVELOPMENT; DOGFISH; EMBRYO; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INNERVATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PINEAL BODY; PRETECTUM; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DOGFISH; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBERS; PINEAL GLAND; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS;

ANIMALIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; MAMMALIA; SCYLIORHINUS CANICULA; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS;

EID: 30744474167     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-005-0061-8     Document Type: Article

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