Structural changes at synapses after delayed perfusion fixation in different regions of the mouse brain

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 501, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 731-740

  Tao Cheng, Jung Hwa ^a   Gallant, Paul E ^a   Brightman, Milton W ^a   Dosemdeci, Ayse ^a   Reese, Thomas S ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

CaMKII; Cerebellum; Cerebral cortex; Hippocampus; PSD curvature; PSD thickness

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN) II;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN SLICE; CEREBELLUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SYNAPSE; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITIC SPINES; FIXATIVES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PURKINJE CELLS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 33847274596     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21276     Document Type: Article

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