Ascending granule cell axon: An important component of cerebellar cortical circuitry

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 408, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 580-596

  Gundappa Sulur, Girija ^a   De Schutter, Erik ^b   Bower, James M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Electron microscopy; Parallel fibers; Purkinje cells; Synapses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; DENDRITES; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0033553782     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990614)408:4<580::AID-CNE11>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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