Ultrastructural morphology of synapses formed by corticostriatal terminals in the avian striatum

Brain Research

Volumn 707, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-12

  Veenman, C Leo ^a   Reiner, Anton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotinylated dextran amine; Cortex; Pigeon; Spine; Varicosity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030021680     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)00831-4     Document Type: Article

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