Morphology and physiology of neurons in the rat perirhinal-lateral amygdala area

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 411, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 613-642

  Faulkner, Billie ^a   Brown, Thomas H ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocytin; Firing patterns; Memory; Temporal lobe; Whole cell

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0033530068     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990906)411:4<613::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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