Alterations of neuronal fibers after epileptic activity induced by pentylenetetrazole: Fine structure investigated by calcium cytochemistry and neurobiotin labeling (buccal ganglia, Helix pomatia)

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 286, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-53

  Wiemann, Martin ^a,b   Wittkowski, Werner ^a   Altrup, Ulrich ^a   Speckmann, Erwin Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium binding sites; Degenerative changes; Dendrites; Endoplasmic reticulum; Epilepsy; Helix pomatia (mollusca)

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; PENTETRAZOLE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; GANGLION; HELIX POMATIA; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CALCIUM; CHEEK; DENDRITES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; HELIX (SNAILS); HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE;

ANIMALIA; HELIX POMATIA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0029859732     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050673     Document Type: Article

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