Electron microscopic serial analysis of GABA presynaptic terminals on the axon hillock and initial segment of labeled abducens motoneurons in the rat

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-153

  Lahjouji, F ^a   Bras, H ^a   Barbe, A ^a   Chmykhova, N ^b   Chazal, G ^c  

^a U de Neurocybernetique Cell   (France)

^b SECHENOV INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid (GABA) immunoreactivity; Abducens motoneurons; Axon; Double labeling; HRP; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTOSOME;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ANIMALS; AXONS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTOR NEURONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0030889930     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(96)01142-X     Document Type: Article

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