Quantitative aspects of synaptogenesis in the rat barrel field cortex with special reference to GABA circuitry

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 373, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 340-354

  Micheva, Kristina D ^a   Beaulieu, Clermont ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid; development; stereology; synapse

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0029839759     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960923)373:3<340::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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