Serial electron microscopic reconstruction of axon terminals on physiologically identified thalamocortical neurons in the cat ventral lateral nucleus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 388, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 613-631

  Sato, Fumi ^a   Nakamura, Yasuhisa ^a   Shinoda, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

GABA; HRP; Intracellular labeling; Synapse; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SYNAPSES; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0030777859     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971201)388:4<613::AID-CNE9>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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