Postnatal development of the rat neostriatum: Electrophysiological, light- and electron-microscopic studies

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 125-145

  Tepper, James M ^a   Sharpe, Neal A ^a   Koós, Tibor Z ^a   Trent, Francine ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Dendritic spines; Excitatory postsynaptic potential; Inhibitory postsynaptic potential; Intracellular recording; Medium spiny neuron; Neostriatum; Synapse

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NEOSTRIATUM; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; STAINING; THALAMUS;

EID: 0031828746     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017308     Document Type: Article

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