Axonal terminals of sensory neurons and their morphological diversity

Journal of Neurocytology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 205-216

  Kruger, Lawrence ^a   Light, Alan R ^b   Schweizer, Felix E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; ION CHANNEL; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNEL; VANILLOID RECEPTOR; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AXOPLASM; BRAIN STEM; CELL ORGANELLE; DOG; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FACIAL NERVE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; MECHANORECEPTOR; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; SENSORY GANGLION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; GANGLIA, SENSORY; HUMANS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; ORGANELLES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 1042291082     PISSN: 03004864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NEUR.0000010080.62031.f0     Document Type: Review

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