Dark neurons in the mouse brain: An investigation into the possible significance of their variable appearance within a day and their relation to negatively charged cell coats

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-85

  Ohtsuka, Aiji ^a   Murakami, Takuro ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; CELL DAMAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0029980551     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.59.79     Document Type: Article

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