Gaba-like immunoreactive terminals on lumbar motoneurons of the adult cat. A quantitative ultrastructural study

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-130

  Destombes, J ^a   Horcholle Bossavit, G ^a   Simon, M ^a   Thiesson, D ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Alpha motoneurons; GABAergic terminals; Gamma motoneurons; Immunocytochemistry; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0029670591     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-0102(95)00980-9     Document Type: Article

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