Mapping and morphometric analysis of synapses and spines on fusiform cells in the dorsal cochlear nucleus

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Salloum, Rony H ^a   Chen, Guoyou ^a   Velet, Liliya ^a   Manzoor, Nauman F ^a   Elkin, Rachel ^a   Kidd, Grahame J ^a   Coughlin, John ^a   Yurosko, Christopher ^a   Bou Anak, Stephanie ^a   Azadi, Shirin ^a   Gohlsch, Stephanie ^a   Schneider, Harold ^a   Kaltenbach, James A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Active zone; Dendritic spine volumes; Dorsal cochlear nucleus; Fusiform cells; Parallel fibers; Postsynaptic density; Serial block face scanning electron microscopy; Synaptic vesicles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL STRUCTURE; COCHLEAR NERVE; DENDRITIC SPINE; DORSAL COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; HEARING DISORDER; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SERIAL BLOCK FACE SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPINDLE CELL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 84907293801     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2014.00167     Document Type: Article

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