Ultrastructural study of the granule cell domain of the cochlear nucleus in rats: Mossy fiber endings and their targets

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 369, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 345-360

  Weedman, Diana L ^a   Pongstaporn, Tan ^a   Ryugo, David K ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b 510 Traylor Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

chestnut cell; Golgi cell; granule cell; synapse; unipolar brush cell

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRUSH BORDER; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; GRANULE CELL; MOSSY FIBER; MYELINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TARGET CELL;

ANIMALS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE ENDINGS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS;

EID: 0029996642     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960603)369:3<345::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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