Ultrastructural relationships between noradrenergic nerve fibers and non-neuronal elements in the rat cerebral cortex

GLIA

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 133-146

  Paspalas, Constantinos D ^a   Papadopoulos, Georgios C ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Electron Microscopy; Microvasculature; Oligodendrocytes

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC NERVE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ADRENERGIC FIBERS; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030174546     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199606)17:2<133::AID-GLIA5>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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