Cholinergic synapses in human cerebral cortex: An ultrastructural study in serial sections

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 361-368

  Smiley, John F ^a   Morrell, Frank ^b   Mesulam, M Marsel ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0031127975     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6413     Document Type: Article

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