Fine structure of hippocampal mossy fiber synapses following rapid high-pressure freezing

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 4-8

  Zhao, Shanting ^a   Studer, Daniel ^b   Graber, Werner ^b   Nestel, Sigrun ^c   Frotscher, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CA3 pyramidal cells; Cryofixation; Long term potentiation; Synaptic plasticity; Synaptic ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DENDRITE; GRANULE CELL; HIGH PRESSURE FREEZING; HIPPOCAMPAL MOSSY FIBER; INTERNEURON; MONITORING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; TISSUE FIXATION;

ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; BODY WATER; CA3 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; DESICCATION; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; ETHANOL; FREEZING; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MICE; NERVE FIBERS; PERFUSION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; RECEPTORS, PRESYNAPTIC; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 84861364919     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03469.x     Document Type: Article

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