title: GABAergic cell types in the lizard hippocampus.
abstract: The neurochemical classification of GABAergic cells in the lizard hippocampus resulted in a further division into four major, non-overlapping subtypes. Each GABAergic cell subtype displays specific targets on the principal hippocampal neurons. The synaptic targets of the GABA/neuropeptide subtype are the distal apical dendrites of principal neurons. Calretinin- and parvalbumin-containing GABAergic cells synapse on the cell body and proximal dendrites of principal cells. Calbindin is expressed in a distinct group of interneurons, the synapses of which are directed to the dendrites of principal neurons. Finally, another subtype displays NADPH-diaphorase activity, but its synaptic target has not been established.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, University of Málaga, Spain. guirado@uma.es
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guirado
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Dávila
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008116:Lizards / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D016253:Microscopy, Immunoelectron; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid