Characterization of gabaergic neurons within the human medial mamillary nucleus

Neuroscience

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 365-372

  Dixon, G ^a,b,c   Garrick, T ^b   Whiteman, I ^b   Sarris, M ^a,b   Sithamparanathan, S ^b   Harper, C G ^b  

^a Neuroscience Institute of Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

calbindin; calretinin; CB; CR; GAD; glutamic acid decarboxylase; hypothalamus; immunoreactive; IR; medial mamillary nucleus; MMN; NHS; normal horse serum; Papez circuit; parvalbumin; PV; TBS; Tris buffered saline

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MAMMILLARY BODY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; FEMALE; FORNIX (BRAIN); GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAMILLARY BODIES; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 3242715072     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.05.009     Document Type: Article

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