Morphology and electrophysiology of dentate granule cells in the rhesus monkey: Comparison with the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 387, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 136-147

  St John, Jeffrey L ^a   Rosene, Douglas L ^a,b   Luebke, Jennifer I ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrites; Hippocampus; Intracellular filling; Macaca mulatta; Passive membrane properties

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DENTATE GYRUS; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RHESUS MONKEY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DENDRITES; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030963638     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971013)387:1<136::AID-CNE11>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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