The development of local, layer-specific visual cortical axons in the absence of extrinsic influences and intrinsic activity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4145-4154

  Dantzker, Jami L ^a   Callaway, Edward M ^b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Area 17; Ferret; Intracellular label; Local circuits; Organotypic slice culture; Spontaneous activity; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SLICE; EXPLANT; FERRET; INTRINSIC SYMPATHOMIMETIC ACTIVITY; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; TARGET CELL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0032100745     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-11-04145.1998     Document Type: Article

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