Slices have more synapses than perfusion-fixed hippocampus from both young and mature rats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2876-2886

  Kirov, Sergei A ^a   Sorra, Karin E ^b   Harris, Kristen M ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

CA1 pyramidal cell; Dendritic spines; Multiple synapse boutons; Plasticity; Serial electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL KILLING; DENDRITIC CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033560905     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-08-02876.1999     Document Type: Article

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