title: Organization of the anterior dorsal ventricular ridge of the lizard Podarcis hispanica: cytoarchitecture and GABA-immunohistochemistry.
abstract: The anterior dorsal ventricular ridge (ADVR) of Podarcis hispanica comprises 3 cytoarchitectonic subareas: the rostromedial, caudomedial and lateral ADVR. All 3 subareas showed gamma-aminobutyric (GABA)-like immunoreactivity. GABA-ergic neurons were classified as multipolar (large), stellate (small), bipolar and unipolar cells. Multipolar and stellate GABA-ergic neurons often formed clusters together with GABA-negative cells. Reactive puncta were seen around unreactive somata of the 3 subareas. Like the telencephalic sensory areas of mammals and birds, the ADVR of lizards shows a heterogeneous population of widely distributed GABA-ergic cells that may be the basis for lateral and vertical local inhibition.
authors.affiliation: Universitat de Valéncia, Facultat de Ciéncies Biológiques, Departament de Biologia Animal, Burjassot, Spain.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Villeta
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Teruel
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lorente
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martínez García
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008116:Lizards / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D013687:Telencephalon / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid