Hilar mossy cells of the mouse were shown recently to display calretinin immunoreactivity (Liu et al. [1996] Exp Brain Res 108:389-403). The morphological and connectional characteristics of these cells are poorly understood. In the present study, we used immunohistochemical, electron microscopic, a
2308 Calretinin immunoreactive mossy cells in the hilus of the mouse dentate gyrus
✍ Scribed by Kosaka, Toshio; Fujise, Noboru
- Book ID
- 122675848
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 115 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-0102
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