In vivo imaging of presynaptic terminals and postsynaptic sites in the mouse submandibular ganglion

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 760-770

  McCann, Corey M ^a   Lichtman, Jeff W ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bungarotoxin; In vivo; Submandibular; Synapse; Timelapse

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR ALPHA7; ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; POSTGANGLIONIC NERVE; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNAPSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, THY-1; BUNGAROTOXINS; GANGLIA, PARASYMPATHETIC; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTERNEURONS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROTEIN BINDING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42949165005     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 1932846X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20621     Document Type: Article

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