The shape of synaptic ribbons in the rat pineal gland

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 287, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 255-261

  Jastrow, Holger ^a   Von Mach, Marc A ^a   Vollrath, Lutz ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Morphometry; Pineal gland; Rat (Sprague Dawley); Reconstruction; Surface area; Synaptic ribbons

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EXOCYTOSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031042295     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050750     Document Type: Article

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