LOCALIZATION OF CHOLINERGIC SYNAPSES IN MAMMALIAN RETINA WITH PEROXIDASE-CONJUGATED ALPHA-BUNGAROTOXIN

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POURCHO, RG [1 ]
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[1] WAYNE STATE UNIV, SCH MED, DEPT ANAT, DETROIT, MI 48201 USA
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10.1016/0042-6989(79)90174-3
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Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
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A conjugate of .alpha.-bungarotoxin with horseradish peroxidase was used for cytochemical localization of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the mouse retina. Reactive synapses were seen at contacts of amacrine cells with bipolar cells and other amacrine cells. A relatively small population of amacrine cells apparently are involved in cholinergic transmission.
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