Dendritic bias of neurons in rat somatosensory cortex associated with a functional boundary

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 409, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 385-399

  Hickmott, Peter W ^a,b   Merzenich, Michael M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avidin; Biocytin; Confocal microscopy; Cortical plasticity; Somatotopic representation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SLICE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0033526874     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990705)409:3<385::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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