Midget and parasol ganglion cells of the primate retina express the α1 subunit of the glycine receptor

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 957-966

  Grünert, Ulrike ^a   Ghosh, Krishna K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Common marmoset Callithrix jacchus; Glycine receptor; Macaque monkey; Neurotransmitter receptor; New World primates; Old World primates

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL SIZE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; MARMOSET; METABOLISM; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; MACACA NEMESTRINA; MALE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 4244074155     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523899165155     Document Type: Article

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