Complex synaptic arrangements in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus: A possible basis for the "Zeitgeber" and non-synaptic synchronization of neuronal activity

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 284, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 203-214

  Güldner, Fritz H ^a,b   Wolff, Joachim R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biorhythmicity; Complex synapse; Dendrites; Ephapse; Rat (sprague dawley); Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Synaptic apposition; Synaptic glomerulus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DENDRITE; EPHAPSE; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL ADHESION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DENDRITES; FEMALE; FIXATIVES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSES; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0029925498     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050580     Document Type: Article

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