Ultrastructure of the periaqueductal grey matter of the rat: An electron microscopical and horseradish peroxidase study

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 319, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 519-535

  Buma, Pieter ^a   Veening, Jan ^b   Hafmans, Theo ^b   Joosten, Henk ^b   Nieuwenhuys, Rudolf ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

brain architecture; central grey; nonsynaptic varicosity; quantitation; synapse; unmyelinated axon

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

ANIMAL; AXONS; DENDRITES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS;

EID: 0026693302     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.903190405     Document Type: Article

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