Nitrergic neurons make synapses on dual-input dendritic spines of neurons in the cerebral cortex and the striatum of the rat: Implication for a postsynaptic action of nitric oxide

Neuroscience

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 627-642

  Sancesario, G ^a   Morello, M ^a   Reiner, A ^b   Giacomini, P ^c   Massa, R ^a   Schoen, S ^d   Bernardi, G ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterograde messenger; Axodendritic interaction; Axon terminals; Immunoelectron microscopy; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENDRITIC SPINE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENDRITES; DIFFUSION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0034706058     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(00)00227-X     Document Type: Article

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