Cardiac neurones of autonomic ganglia

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-79

  Wallis, David ^a   Watson, Alan H D ^a   Mo, Ning ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac neurones; Parasympathetic ganglia; Postganglionic; Sympathetic ganglia

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; COBALT COMPOUNDS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; MORPHOLOGY; POTASH; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RATS;

AUTONOMICS; CARDIAC NEURON; DENDRITICS; PARASYMPATHETIC GANGLION; POSTGANGLIONIC; PROPERTY; STELLATE GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; SYNAPTIC INPUT; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES;

NEURONS;

ACETIC ACID; COBALT CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HEART INNERVATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; POSTGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STELLATE GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0029808334     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19960901)35:1<69::AID-JEMT6>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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