Quantitative electromicroscope study of the oculomotor parasympathetic neurons projecting to the ciliary ganglion in cats: Comparison of the synaptic (axo-somatic and axo-proximal dendritic) organization of anterior-dorsal and ventral cell groups

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 229-238

  Ichinohe, Noritaka ^a   Shoumura, Kazuhiko ^a   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Oculomotor nerve; Parasympathetic nervous system; Preganglionic neuron; Synapse; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CILIARY GANGLION; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR NUCLEUS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATS; GANGLIA, PARASYMPATHETIC; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MESENCEPHALON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA; ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0029864228     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00198326     Document Type: Article

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