Connectivity in the somatosensory cortex of the adolescent rat: An in vitro biocytin study

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 199, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 357-365

  Staiger, J F ^a   Kotter R ^a   Zilles, K ^a   Luhmann, H J ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axonal tracing; Barrel cortex; Coronal slice; Synaptic connectivity; Thalamo cortical slice

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN;

ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SLICE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNAPSE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; LYSINE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSES; THALAMUS;

EID: 0033057381     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050234     Document Type: Article

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