Three-dimensional organization of cell adhesion junctions at synapses and dendritic spines in area CA1 of the rat hippocampus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 393, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 58-68

  Spacer, Josef ^a   Harris, Kristen M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Postsynaptic density; Punctum adhaerens; Serial electron microscopy; Smooth endoplasmic reticulum

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; DENDRITES; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, SMOOTH; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; NEUROPIL; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0032579857     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980330)393:1<58::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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