Ultrastructural evidence for increased contact between astrocytes and synapses in rats reared in a complex environment

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 48-56

  Jones, Theresa A ^a   Greenough, William T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; RAT; REARING; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0029878273     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1996.0005     Document Type: Article

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