Distribution of cholinergic contacts on Renshaw cells in the rat spinal cord: A light microscopic study

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 515, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 787-797

  Alvarez, F J ^a   Dewey, D E ^a   McMillin, P ^a   Fyffe, R E W ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CALBINDIN; GEPHYRIN; GLYCINE; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOTONEURON; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RENSHAW CELL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0033559689     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.787ab.x     Document Type: Article

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