Recurrent axon collaterals of corticothalamic projection neurons in rat primary somatosensory cortex contribute to excitatory and inhibitory feedback-loops

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 533-543

  Staiger, Jochen F ^a,b   Zilles, Karl ^b   Freund, Tamás F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inhibitory interneurons; Layer IV; Postsynaptic targets; Pyramidal cells; Retrograde tracing

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; KAINIC ACID; LEUKOAGGLUTININ; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALIA; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0029850752     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00187467     Document Type: Article

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