Ultrastructure of primary afferent terminals and synapses in the rat nucleus of the solitary tract: Comparison among the greater superficial petrosal, chorda tympani, and glossopharyngeal nerves

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 502, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1066-1078

  May, Olivia L ^a   Erisir, Alev ^b   Hill, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem nuclei; Electron microscopy; Gustatory nerves; Taste

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHORDA TYMPANI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; FEMALE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; GREATER SUPERFICIAL PETROSAL NERVE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SHAPE; CHORDA TYMPANI NERVE; DENDRITIC SPINES; DEXTRANS; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISCERAL AFFERENTS;

EID: 34249306920     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21371     Document Type: Article

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