Ultrastructural Analysis of Inputs Around the Soma of an Intra-cellularly Labeled Masseter Muscle Spindle Afferent in Cat Mesencephalic Trigeminal Nucleus

Journal of Brain Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 495-502

  Zhang, Jing Dong ^a   Yoshida, Atsushi ^b   Shigenaga, Yoshio ^b  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apposite boutons; Electron microscopy; Intracellularly labeled soma; Mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INNERVATION; MASSETER MUSCLE; MESENCEPHALON; MUSCLE SPINDLE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATS; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MESENCEPHALON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE SPINDLES; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SYNAPSES; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI;

EID: 1542421170     PISSN: 09448160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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