Presubicular and parasubicular cortical neurons of the rat: Electrophysiological and morphological properties

Hippocampus

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 117-129

  Funahashi, Makoto ^a   Stewart, Mark ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurobiotin; Parasubiculum; Presubiculum; Retrohippocampal area

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; STELLATE CELL; SUBICULUM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030935512     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1063(1997)7:2<117::AID-HIPO1>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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