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IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL LOCALIZATION OF GABA IN CHAMELEON RETINA ( CHAMALEO CHAMALEO )
Author(s) -
QUESADA A.,
CHMIELEWSKI C.,
GÉNISGÁLVEZ J. M.,
PRADA F. A.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
cell biology international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.932
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1095-8355
pISSN - 1065-6995
DOI - 10.1006/cbir.1996.0049
Subject(s) - inner plexiform layer , retina , outer plexiform layer , inner nuclear layer , neuroscience , amacrine cell , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , neurotransmission , biology , anatomy , biochemistry , receptor
We used a policlonal antiserum against GABA and demonstated GABA‐immunoreactivity (GABA‐IR) in several populations of amacrine cells in the inner nuclear layer (INL), and other cells in the inner plexiform layer (IPL) of the central and peripheral retina of the chameleon. Horizontal cells do not contain GABA‐IR and the chameleon retina is therefore an exception among non‐mammals. GABA‐IR was not seen in cell bodies in the position of photoreceptor, bipolar and interplexiform cells suggesting that GABA is not involved in synaptic transmission in the outer plexiform layer of chameleon retina.