Morphological characteristics of layer II projection neurons in the rat medial entorhinal cortex

Hippocampus

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 571-583

  Klink, Ruby ^a   Alonso, Angel ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Memory; Oscillation; Parahippocampal; Perforant path; Stellate cell

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DENTATE GYRUS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PIA MATER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STELLATE GANGLION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DENDRITES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; LYSINE; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030712387     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1063(1997)7:5<571::AID-HIPO12>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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