Ultrastructure of motor nerve terminals in the anterior third of Wistar rat tongue

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 464-470

  Motoyama, Aracy A ^a   Watanabe, Ii Sei ^a   Iyomasa, Mamie M ^a   Silva, Marcelo C P ^b   Sosthines, Márcia C K ^c   Lopes, Marilia Gabriela O ^d   Guimaraes J P ^a   Kfoury, José R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

HRSEM; Mitochondria; Nerve fibers; Rat; Silver impregnation; TEM; Tongue; Vesicles

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; FIBERS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMPREGNATION; MITOCHONDRIA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

HIGH-RESOLUTION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; MITOCHONDRIAS; MYELINATED NERVES; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE TERMINALS; OSMIUM TETROXIDE; SILVER IMPREGNATION; TONGUE; VESICLE; WISTAR RAT;

RATS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER IMPREGNATION; TONGUE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOTOR NEURONS; MYOFIBRILS; ORGANELLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STAINING AND LABELING; TONGUE;

EID: 66749093170     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20692     Document Type: Article

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