1994
Chapter 14 Nuclear calcium elevation may initiate neurite outgrowth in mammalian neurons
Kocsis J, Rand M, Lankford K, Waxman S. Chapter 14 Nuclear calcium elevation may initiate neurite outgrowth in mammalian neurons. Progress In Brain Research 1994, 103: 137-151. PMID: 7886202, DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)61134-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNuclear and cytoplasmic Ca2+ signals in developing rat dorsal root ganglion neurons studied in excised tissue
Utzschneider D, Rand M, Waxman S, Kocsis J. Nuclear and cytoplasmic Ca2+ signals in developing rat dorsal root ganglion neurons studied in excised tissue. Brain Research 1994, 635: 231-237. PMID: 8173960, DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(94)91444-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDorsal root ganglion neuronsEmbryonic DRG neuronsDepolarization-induced Ca2DRG neuronsGanglion neuronsRat dorsal root ganglion neuronsAdult dorsal root ganglion neuronsCytoplasmic Ca2Sensitive fluorescent dye fluo-3Rat DRG neuronsDorsal root gangliaExcised dorsal root gangliaFluorescent dye fluo-3Postnatal time periodsElevated extracellular potassiumEarly postnatal time periodsBrief electrical stimuliNuclear Ca2Dye Fluo-3Neonatal gangliaNeonatal neuronsTarget innervationRoot gangliaAdult neuronsEmbryonic neurons
1971
An electron microscopic study of synaptic morphology in the oculomotor nuclei of three inframammalian species
Waxman S, Pappas G. An electron microscopic study of synaptic morphology in the oculomotor nuclei of three inframammalian species. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 1971, 143: 41-71. PMID: 4329004, DOI: 10.1002/cne.901430105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOculomotor nucleusOculomotor neuronsLarge neuronsElectrotonic couplingSubjunctional dense bodiesDistribution of synapsesMajority of synapsesSmall-diameter dendritesClose appositionContralateral oculomotor nucleusPrevious electrophysiological studiesDense-core vesiclesMultipolar interneuronsNodes of RanvierAxodendritic synapsesAxosomatic synapsesProximal dendritesClose membrane appositionSynaptic contactsPresynaptic fibersSynaptic profilesGlial elementsSmall interneuronsNeuronal typesGlial lamellae