The caudal end of the rat spinal cord: Transformation to and ultrastructure of the filum terminale

Brain Research

Volumn 1028, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-139

  Réthelyi, Miklós ^a   Lukácsi, Erika ^a   Boros, Csaba ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Conus terminalis; Filum terminale; Neuron; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CELL POPULATION; CELL SIZE; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EPENDYMA CELL; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; GRAY MATTER; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SYNAPSE; TERMINAL FILUM; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERTEBRAL CANAL; WHITE MATTER;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CAUDA EQUINA; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEURONS; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SILVER STAINING; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES; TRIGEMINAL CAUDAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 7444223450     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.08.069     Document Type: Article

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