Neuronal morphology and neuropil structure in the stomatogastric ganglion of the lobster, Homarus americanus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 501, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 185-205

  Bucher, Dirk ^a,b   Johnson, Christian D ^a   Marder, Eve ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexa hydrazide; Confocal microscopy; Crustacean; Multiphoton microscopy; Synapse; Synapsin

Indexed keywords

DYE; HYDRAZIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOBSTER; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEPHROPIDAE; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE NET; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; STOMACH; STREPTAVIDIN; SYNAPSES; SYNAPSINS;

EID: 33846927755     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21169     Document Type: Article

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