Structural features of crayfish phasic and tonic neuromuscular terminals

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 372, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 618-626

  King, M J R ^a   Atwood, H L ^b   Govind, C K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Scarborough College   (Canada)

Author keywords

electron microscopy; mitochondria; motoneuron; presynaptic dense bars; synaptic terminal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOTONEURON; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; AXONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE ENDINGS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0029838445     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960902)372:4<618::AID-CNE9>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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