A regional ultrastructural analysis of the cellular and synaptic architecture in the chinchilla cristae ampullares

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 389, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 419-443

  Lysakowski, Anna ^a   Goldberg, Jay M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Afferent; Calyx; Efferent; Hair cells; Vestibular labyrinth

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; HAIR CELL; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE VESICLE; VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH;

NASA DISCIPLINE NEUROSCIENCE; NON-NASA CENTER;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CHINCHILLA; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; HAIR CELLS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYNAPSES; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 0031583858     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971222)389:3<419::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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