Effects of botulinum neurotoxin type A on abducens motoneurons in the cat: Ultrastructural and synaptic alterations

Neuroscience

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 457-478

  Pastor, A M ^a   Moreno Lopez B ^a   De la Cruz, R R ^a   Delgado Garcia J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coated vesicles; Motoneurons; Neurotoxins; Oculomotor system; Spines; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; NEUROTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRODE; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; MOTONEURON; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ANIMALS; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; CATS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTOR NEURONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031559898     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00200-5     Document Type: Article

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