Molecular characterization and comparative localization of the mRNAs encoding two glutamic acid decarboxylases (GAD65 and GAD67) in the brain of the African lungfish, Protopterus annectens

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 506, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 979-988

  Trabucchi, Michele ^a,b,d   Trudeau, Vance L ^c   Drouin, Guy ^c   Tostivint, Hervé ^a   Ihrmann, Isabelle ^a   Vallarino, Mauro ^b   Vaudry, Hubert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Evolution; GABA; Lobe finned fish

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CENTRAL GRAY MATTER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRAIT; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY NUCLEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; THALAMUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; FISHES; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 38549084742     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21552     Document Type: Article

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