Ultrastructural characterization of the acetylcholine innervation in adult rat neostriatum

Neuroscience

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 937-947

  Contant, C ^a   Umbriaco, D ^a   Garcia, S ^a   Watkins, K C ^a   Descarries, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axonal varicosity; Choline acetyltransferase; Electron microscopy; Immunocytochemistry; Volume transmission

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEOSTRIATUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0029983751     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(95)00507-2     Document Type: Article

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