Axpaxonic synapses on terminals of group II muscle spindle afferent axons in the spinal cord of the cat

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2151-2159

  Maxwell, D J ^a   Riddell, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GABA; Glycine; Intra axonal staining; Presynaptic inhibition; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GRAY MATTER; INTERNEURON; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CATS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; MUSCLE SPINDLES; NERVE ENDINGS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0033008938     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00632.x     Document Type: Article

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