Human sympathetic preganglionic neurons and motoneurons retrogradely labelled with DiI

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 123-128

  Krassioukov, Andrei V ^a   Bygrave, Michael A ^a   Puckett, William R ^b   Bunge, Richard P ^b   Rogers, Kem A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Human spinal cord; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

1,1' DIOCTADECYL 3,3,3',3' TETRAMETHYLINDOCARBOCYANINE; CARBOCYANINE; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTONEURON; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; CARBOCYANINES; FLUORESCENT DYES; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOTOR NEURONS; SPINAL CORD; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0032575094     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1838(98)00042-3     Document Type: Article

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