Electrotonic architecture of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons based on three-dimensional reconstructions

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1904-1923

  Mainen, Zachary F ^a   Carnevale, Nicholas T ^d   Zador, Anthony M ^b   Claiborne, Brenda J ^d   Brown, Thomas H ^c  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DENDRITE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

EID: 0029786071     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.3.1904     Document Type: Article

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