Synaptic organisation of lumbar sympathetic ganglia of guinea pigs: Serial section ultrastructural analysis of dye-filled sympathetic final motor neurons

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 402, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 285-302

  Gibbins, Ian L ^a   Rodgers, Helen F ^a   Matthew, Sue E ^a   Murphy, Susan M ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Convergence; Dendrite; Preganglionic; Schwann cells; Synaptic strength

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DENDRITE; GUINEA PIG; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SCHWANN CELL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; COLORING AGENTS; DENDRITES; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; GUINEA PIGS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTOR NEURONS; SCHWANN CELLS; SYNAPSES; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0032556674     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19981221)402:3<285::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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