The morphology of synapses

Journal of Neurocytology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 687-700

  Peters, Alan ^a   Palay, Sanford L ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030480767     PISSN: 03004864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02284835     Document Type: Review

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