Confocal, scanning and transmission electron microscopic study of cerebellar mossy fiber glomeruli

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 247-260

  Castejón, Orlando J ^a   Castejon H V ^a   Sims, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Confocal scanning laser microscopy; Golgi cell; Granule cell; Mossy glomeruli; Scanning electron microscopy; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HAMSTER; HUMAN; NERVE FIBER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NERVE FIBERS;

EID: 0034173087     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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