Plasmalemmal and vesicular γ-aminobutyric acid transporter expression in the developing mouse retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 512, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-26

  Guo, Chenying ^a   Stella Jr , Salvatore L ^a   Hirano, Arlene A ^a   Brecha, Nicholas C ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Amacrine cells; GAT; Horizontal cells; Retina; VAT; Visual system

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER 1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER 3; GLYCINE TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SLC6A1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID UPTAKE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; AGE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; RETINA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CELL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; GABA PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RETINA; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 58249088519     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21846     Document Type: Article

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