Postsynaptic pyramidal target selection by descending layer III pyramidal axons: Dual intracellular recordings and biocytin filling in slices of rat neocortex

Neuroscience

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 669-683

  Thomson, A M ^a   Bannister, A P ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axon; Cortex; EPSP; Paired recording; Pyramidal cell; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DENDRITES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; LYSINE; MALE; NEOCORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0032562206     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00557-5     Document Type: Article

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