Fine structural features of the acetylcholine innervation in the developing neostriatum of rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 460, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 280-291

  Aznavour, Nicolas ^a   Mechawar, Naguib ^a   Watkins, Kenneth C ^a   Descarries, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axons; ChAT; Electron microscopy; Immunocytochemistry; Striatum; Varicosities

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NEOSTRIATUM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; VARICOSIS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0037467556     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10660     Document Type: Article

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