Structure of allotransplanted ganglia and regenerated neuromuscular connections in crayfish

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 439-453

  Krause, Kristin M ^a   Pearce, Joanne ^b   Velez, S J ^c   Govind, C K ^b  

^a St Thomas Aquinas College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

motor nerve; neuropil; reinnervation; somata; synaptic morphology

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL GANGLION; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CRAYFISH; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; AXONS; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TISSUE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0030056627     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199608)30:4<439::AID-NEU1>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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