Presynaptic bodies ('ribbons'): From ultrastructural observations to molecular perspectives

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 287, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 435-446

  Wagner, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Molecular features; Morphology; Photoreceptors; Plasticity; Presynaptic bodies

Indexed keywords

CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PINEAL BODY; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0031048269     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050768     Document Type: Review

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