Three electrophysiological classes of guinea pig sympathetic postganglionic neurone have distinct morphologies

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 369, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 372-387

  Boyd, Hugh D ^a   McLachlan, Elspeth M ^a   Keast, J R ^b   Inokuchi, H ^a,c  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

coeliac ganglia; dendrites; neuron cytology; sympathetic ganglia anatomy; sympathetic ganglia physiology

Indexed keywords

POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GUINEA PIG; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POSTGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SYMPATHETIC FIBERS, POSTGANGLIONIC;

EID: 0030001280     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960603)369:3<372::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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