Diversity of glycine receptors in the mouse retina: Localization of the α2 subunit

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 477, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 399-411

  Haverkamp, Silke ^a   Müller, Ulrike ^a   Zeilhofer, Hanns U ^b   Harvey, Robert J ^c   Wässle, Heinz ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1 subunit; 2 subunit; 3 subunit; Glycine receptors; Mouse retina

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GEPHYRIN; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ALPHA2; NEUROTRANSMITTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; RETINA; SYNAPSES;

EID: 4444267807     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20267     Document Type: Article

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