Agmatine containing axon terminals in rat hippocampus form synapses on pyramidal cells

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 185-188

  Reis, Donald J ^a   Yang, Xian Cheng ^a   Milner, Teresa A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

4 Aminobutyl guanidine; Electron microscopy; Excitatory type terminals

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

AGMATINE; ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0032503938     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00466-2     Document Type: Article

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