Terminal morphology of two branches arising from a single stem-axon of pretectal (PSm) neurons in the common carp

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 378, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 379-388

  Ito, Hironobu ^a,b   Yoshimoto, Masami ^a   Albert, James S ^a   Yamane, Yoichi ^a   Yamamoto, Naoyuki ^a   Sawai, Nobuhiko ^c   Kaur, Amarjeet ^d  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d LYALLPUR KHALSA COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

corpus mamillare; fish brain; nucleus lateralis valvulae; spinule; ultratructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARP; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MAMMILLARY BODY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CARBOCYANINES; CARPS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0031057448     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970217)378:3<379::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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