Differential glutamatergic innervation in cytochrome oxidase-rich and -poor regions of the macaque striate cortex: Quantitative EM analysis of neurons and neuropil

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 369, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 571-590

  Nie, Feng ^a   Wong Riley, Margaret T T ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

CO histochemistry mitochondria; Glutamate immunocytochemistry; Interpuff; Puff

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INNERVATION; MONKEY; NERVE CELL; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIATE CORTEX;

ANIMALS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA MULATTA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIA; NEURONS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SYNAPSES; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0029955190     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960610)369:4<571::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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