Membrane specializations in the developmentally transient perireticular nucleus of the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 380, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 435-448

  Ramcharan, Eion J ^a,b   Guillery, R W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

3A10; Golgi staining; junctions; omega formations; synapses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; FETUS; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE; NERVE PROJECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL MEMBRANE; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; RETICULAR FORMATION;

EID: 0030909626     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970421)380:4<435::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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