Coordination of neuronal activity by gap junctions in the developing neocortex

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-51

  Kandler, Karl ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupling; Inositol trisphosphate; Synapse formation; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0007813998     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1996.0120     Document Type: Article

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