Deconstructing complexity: Serial block-face electron microscopic analysis of the hippocampal mossy fiber synapse

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 507-522

  Wilke, Scott A ^a   Antonios, Joseph K ^a   Bushong, Eric A ^b   Badkoobehi, Ali ^a   Malek, Elmar ^a   Hwang, Minju ^a   Terada, Masako ^b   Ellisman, Mark H ^b   Ghosh, Anirvan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Pharma Research and Development   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL MOSSY FIBER; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; DENDRITES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROPIL; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PSEUDOPODIA; QUALITY CONTROL; SOFTWARE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84872092707     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1600-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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