Interneurons of the ganglionic layer in the mormyrid electrosensory lateral line lobe: Morphology, immunohistochemistry, and synaptology

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 375, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-65

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

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CNRS   (France)

^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; GOLGI COMPLEX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TELEOST;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; GANGLIA, SENSORY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; NERVE NET; SENSE ORGANS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0029909628     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19961104)375:1<43::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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