Dendrodendritic and axoaxonic synapses in the thalamic reticular nucleus of the adult rat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3215-3233

  Pinault, Didier ^a,c,d   Smith, Yoland ^a,b   Deschênes, Martin ^a,d  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

axon hillock; axon initial segment; cell cell communication; correlated light and electron microscopy; juxtacellular labeling; thalamic network

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030975436     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-09-03215.1997     Document Type: Article

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