Changes in synaptology of adult cat spinal α-motoneurons after axotomy

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-13

  Brännström, Thomas ^a   Kellerth, Jan Olof ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cat; Electron microscopy; Nerve injury; Retrograde reaction; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGATION; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL NERVE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TIME;

ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; CATS; DENDRITES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0031972964     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050249     Document Type: Article

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