Morphological and electrophysiological characterization of layer III cells of the medial entorhinal cortex of the rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 629-648

  Gloveli, T ^a   Schmitz, D ^a   Empson, R M ^a,b   Dugladze, T ^a   Heinemann, U ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

layer III; local circuit cells; medial entorhinal cortex; morphology; projection cells; synaptic events

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHINIC ACIDS; PROPANOLAMINES; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031550619     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(96)00494-0     Document Type: Article

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