The fine structure of large dense-core organelles in human locus coeruleus neurons

Neurological Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-63

  Issidorides, Marietta R ^b   Kriho, Virginia ^b   Pappas, George D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

catecholamines; dense core vesicles; Human locus coeruleus; mitochondria; potassium permanganate fixation; protein bodies; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL VACUOLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0030022659     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.1996.11740379     Document Type: Article

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