Mormyrid electrosensory lobe in vitro: Morphology of cells and circuits

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 404, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 359-374

  Han, Victor Z ^a   Bell, Curtis C ^a   Grant, Kirsty ^b   Sugawara, Yoshiko ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Electric fish; Local circuitry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CEREBELLUM; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRORECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GANGLIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE NET; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SENSE ORGANS;

EID: 0033557373     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990215)404:3<359::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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