Presence of glutamate, glycine, and γ-aminobutyric acid in the retina of the larval sea lamprey: Comparative immunohistochemical study of classical neurotransmitters in larval and postmetamorphic retinas

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 499, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 810-827

  Villar Cerviño, Verona ^a   Abalo, Xesús M ^a   Villar Cheda, Begoña ^a   Meléndez Ferro, Miguel ^a   Pérez Costas, Emma ^a   Holstein, Gay R ^b   Martinelli, Giorgio P ^b   Rodicio, María Celina ^a   Anadón, Ramón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Development; GABA; Ganglion cell; Glutamate; Immunocytochemistry; Lamprey; Retina

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; CALRETININ; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OPSIN; SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LAMPREY; LARVAL STAGE; NERVE CELL; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; OPSIN; PETROMYZON; RETINA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33750903502     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21136     Document Type: Article

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