Regional variability and postsynaptic targets of chandelier cells in the hippocampal formation of the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 376, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 28-44

  Martínez, Albert ^a   Lübke, Joachim ^b   Del Río, Jose Antonio ^a   Soriano, Eduardo ^a   Frotscher, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

axoaxonic cells; entorhinal cortex; gabaergic inhibition; Golgi electron microscopy; hippocampus

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; LUCIFER YELLOW; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITES; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GOLGI APPARATUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; ISOQUINOLINES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 0029853226     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19961202)376:1<28::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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