Quantitative analysis of granule cell axons and climbing fiber afferents in the turtle cerebellar cortex

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-58

  Tolbert, D L ^a   Conoyer, B ^a   Ariel, M ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Parallel fibers; Purkinje cells; Radial organization; Topography

Indexed keywords

AMINE; DEXTRAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; CELL LABELING; CELL SIZE; CELL SWELLING; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CLIMBING FIBER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; GRANULE CELL; GRAY MATTER; NERVE ENDING; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NISSL STAINING; NISSL SUBSTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TURTLE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOTIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; DEXTRANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PURKINJE CELLS; TURTLES;

TESTUDINES;

EID: 11244318361     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-004-0423-0     Document Type: Article

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