Three-dimensional reconstruction of a calyx of Held and its postsynaptic principal neuron in the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 10567-10579

  Sätzler, Kurt ^a,b   Söhl, Leander F ^c   Bollmann, Johann H ^a   Borst, J Gerard G ^d   Frotscher, Michael ^c   Sakmann, Bert ^a   Lübke, Joachim H R ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Active zones; Electron microscopy; Puncta adherentia; Synapse; Synaptic vesicles; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RAT; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0037115113     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-24-10567.2002     Document Type: Article

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