Ultrastructural examination of the corticocollicular pathway in the guinea pig: A study using electron microscopy, neural tracers, and GABA immunocytochemistry

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn , Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Nakamoto, Kyle T ^a   Mellott, Jeffrey G ^a   Killius, Jeanette ^a   Storey Workley, Megan E ^a   Sowick, Colleen S ^a   Schofield, Brett R ^a  

^a Northeast Ohio Medical University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; DIAMINOBENZIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOCOLLICULAR PATHWAY; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 85081779996     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2013.00013     Document Type: Article

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