Axon arbors and synaptic connections of hippocampal mossy cells in the rat in vivo

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 366, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 270-292

  Buckmaster, Paul S ^a,c   Wenzel, H Jürgen ^a   Kunkel, Dennis D ^a,d   Schwartzkroin, Philip A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

dentate gyrus; electron microscopy; epilepsy; hilus; memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MOSSY FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITE; FEMALE; INTERNEURON; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DENDRITES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0030568288     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960304)366:2<270::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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