Dissection of active zones at the neuromuscular junction by EM tomography

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 75-78

  Harlow, Mark ^a   Ress, David ^a   Koster, Abraham ^b,c   Marshall, Robert M ^a   Schwarz, Mikael ^a   McMahan, Uel Jackson ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Active zones(3D fine structure of); EM tomography; Neuromuscular junctions

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISSECTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; EXOCYTOSIS; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032466438     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-4257(98)80141-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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