The neuronal organization of a unique cerebellar specialization: The valvula cerebelli of a mormyrid fish

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 509, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 449-473

  Shi, Zhigang ^a,b   Zhang, Yueping ^a   Meek, Johannes ^c   Qiao, Jiantian ^a,b   Han, Victor Z ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climbing fiber; Deep stellate cell; Efferent cell; Golgi cell; Large central cell; Mormyrid fish; Parallel fiber; Purkinje cell; Valvula cerebelli

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CEREBELLUM; DENDRITE; FISH; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; STELLATE CELL;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; ELECTRIC FISH; NERVE NET; NEURONS;

EID: 48249140764     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21735     Document Type: Article

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