Synaptic plasticity of 5-hydroxytryptamine-immunoreactive terminals in the phrenic nucleus following spinal cord injury: A quantitative electron microscopic analysis

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 386, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 613-624

  Tai, Qing ^a   Palazzolo, Katherine L ^a   Goshgarian, Harry G ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Plasticity; Pre embedding immunochemistry; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CORDOTOMY; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHRENIC NERVE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0030770561     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971006)386:4<613::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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