From form to function: Functional exploration of dendritic morphology in CA1 pyramidal neurons

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 315-316

  Yuste, Rafael ^a   Majewska, Ania ^a   Cash, Sydney ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; CALCIUM ION; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

BIOPHYSICS; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; DENDRITIC SPINE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0033381635     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15326942DN1603_3     Document Type: Short Survey

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