Heterogeneous synaptic covering and differential charge transfer sensitivity among the dendrites of a reconstructed abducens motor neurone: Correlations between electron microscopic and computer simulation data

Journal of Neurocytology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-24

  Bras, Helene ^a   Lahjouji, Fatiha ^b   Korogod, Sergey M ^c   Kulagina, Iryna B ^c   Barbe, Annick ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^c OLES HONCHAR DNIPRO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EYE MOVEMENT; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOTONEURON; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENDRITES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTOR NEURONS; RATS; SYNAPSES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0344686514     PISSN: 03004864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027307714085     Document Type: Article

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