Differences in the synaptic complement of thoracic motoneurons of adult and ageing cats after permanent or reversible axotomy

Synapse

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 176-184

  Johnson, I P ^a   Gowda, C K ^b   Sears, T A ^c   Hunter, A S ^c  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UMDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytology; Nerve regeneration; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; CATS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTOR NEURONS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0031974511     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2396(199802)28:2<176::AID-SYN8>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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