Light microscopy, confocal laser scanning microscopy, scanning and transmission electron microscopy of cerebellar basket cells

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 23-32

  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

Basket cells; Cerebellum; Microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MOUSE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATFISHES; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035237005     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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