Immunological heterogeneity of synaptic and extrasynaptic forms of non-erythroid α-spectrin in the rat retina

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 313, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 25-28

  Schmitz, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neuronal processes; Non erythroid spectrin; Presynaptic densities; Rat; Retina; Synapse; Synaptic ribbons

Indexed keywords

FODRIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELL MEMBRANE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUROPIL; RATS; RETINA; SPECTRIN; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0035798282     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)02238-8     Document Type: Article

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