Electron tomography of paranodal septate-like junctions and the associated axonal and glial cytoskeletons in the central nervous system

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 310-319

  Nans, Andrea ^a   Einheber, Steven ^b   Salzer, James L ^a   Stokes, David L ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion molecules (CAMs); Central nervous system; Electron microscopy; Glial cells; Neurons; Node of Ranvier; Paranode

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL TRANSPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; GLIA CELL; MICROFILAMENT; MOUSE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MICE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA;

EID: 78751697334     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22561     Document Type: Article

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