Unipolar brush cell axons form a large system of intrinsic mossy fibers in the postnatal vestibulocerebellum

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 422, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-65

  Nunzi, Maria Grazia ^a,b   Mugnaini, Enrico ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calretinin; Cerebellar glomeruli; Cerebellum; Mouse; Organotypic slice culture

Indexed keywords

CALRETININ;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GOLGI COMPLEX; INTERNEURON; MOSSY FIBER; MOUSE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE FIBERS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0034686450     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(20000619)422:1<55::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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