Synaptic organization of the rat thalamus: A quantitative study

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1047-1056

  Çavdar, Safiye ^a   Hacioǧlu, Hüsniye ^a   Şirvanci, Serap ^a   Keskinöz, Elif ^a   Onat, Filiz ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Drivers; Electron microscopy; GABA immunostaining; Modulators

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RAT; ROUND VESICLE LARGE TERMINAL; ROUND VESICLE SMALL TERMINAL; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS ANTEROVENTRAL NUCLEUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VENTROBASAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES; THALAMUS;

EID: 84856232709     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-011-0606-4     Document Type: Article

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