Chance or design? Some specific considerations concerning synaptic boutons in cat visual cortex

Journal of Neurocytology

Volumn 31, Issue 3-5 SPEC. ISS., 2002, Pages 211-229

  Anderson, John C ^a   Binzegger, Tom ^a   Douglas, Rodney J ^a   Martin, Kevan A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CAT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CATS; CELL COUNT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NEURONS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALIA; ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0038638155     PISSN: 03004864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024113707630     Document Type: Article

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