Functional synaptic circuits in the subplate during fetal and early postnatal development of cat visual cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1990, Pages 2601-2613

  Friauf, Eckhard ^a,b   McConnell, Susan K ^a,c   Shatz, Carla J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; FETUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMAL; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; CATS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FETUS; IN VITRO; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SYNAPSES; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0025468583     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.10-08-02601.1990     Document Type: Article

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