Cytology, synaptology and immunocytochemistry of commissural neurons and their putative axonal terminals in the dorsal cochlear nucleus of the rat

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 207-220

  Alibardi, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Commissural neurons; Dorsal cochlear nucleus; Electron microscopy; Immunocytochemistry; Rat

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GROWTH; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALIA; ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0034061382     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(00)80023-0     Document Type: Article

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