Projection neurons of the mormyrid electrosensory lateral line lobe: Morphology, immunohistochemistry, and synaptology

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 375, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 18-42

  Grant, K ^a   Meek, J ^b   Sugawara, Y ^a,c   Veron, M ^a   Denizot, J P ^a   Hafmans, T G M ^b   Serrier, J ^a   Szabo, T ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid; glutamate; Golgi impregnation; intracellular labeling; teleost

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CELL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC ORGAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPSE; TELEOST;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE NET; NEURONS, EFFERENT; SENSE ORGANS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0029861750     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19961104)375:1<18::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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