A polysynaptic feedback circuit in rat visual cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 7129-7140

  Johnson, Randall R ^a,b   Burkhalter, Andreas ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticocortical connections; Electron microscopy; Feedback connections; Intrinsic connections; Postembedding immunocytochemistry; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; AMINE; BIOTIN; DEXTRAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBEDDING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; POLYSYNAPTIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 0030809644     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-18-07129.1997     Document Type: Article

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