Cerebellar choline acetyltransferase positive mossy fibres and their granule and unipolar brush cell targets: A model for central cholinergic nicotinic neurotransmission

Journal of Neurocytology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 829-842

  Jaarsma, D ^a,b   Dino M R ^a   Cozzari, C ^c   Mugnaini, E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030477975     PISSN: 03004864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02284845     Document Type: Article

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