Structure of peripheral synapses: Autonomic ganglia

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 326, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 205-220

  Gibbins, Ian L ^a   Morris, Judy L ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Autonomic ganglion; Birds; Mammals; Quantification; Synapse; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; BIRD; CELL DENSITY; CELL SURFACE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33748940811     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-006-0233-1     Document Type: Review

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