Correlation of electrophysiology, morphology, and functions in corticotectal and corticopretectal projection neurons in rat visual cortex

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 375-390

  Rumberger, A ^a,b   Schmidt, Matthias ^a   Lohmann, Horst ^a   Hoffmann, Klaus Peter ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Morphology; Nucleus of the optic tract; Rat; Superior colliculus; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

LATEX;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TRACT; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0031884646     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050353     Document Type: Article

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