Morphologic analysis of rat retinocollicular neuron terminals containing monoamine oxidase

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 209-217

  Nakajima, J ^a   Saito, N ^a   Kani, K ^a   Maeda, T ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enzyme histochemistry; Monoamine oxidase; NIH image; Rat; Retinocollicular neuron; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENUCLEATION; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0029973378     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0361-9230(96)00009-3     Document Type: Article

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