Differential physiology and morphology of phasic and tonic motor axons in a crayfish limb extensor muscle

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 677-691

  Bradacs, H ^a,d   Cooper, R L ^b,d   Msghina, M ^c,d   Atwood, H L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

confocal microscopy; crayfish; mitochondria; motor axon; Procambarus clarkii; synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030902174     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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