Cortical integration in the visual system of the macaque monkey: Large-scale morphological differences in the pyramidal neurons in the occipital, parietal and temporal lobes

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1426, 1999, Pages 1367-1374

  Elston, Guy N ^a   Tweedale, Rowan ^a   Rosa, Marcello G P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Dendritic spines; Extrastriate cortex; Intracellular injection; Lucifer yellow; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

LUCIFER YELLOW;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MACACA; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; ILEX COOKII; MACACA;

EID: 0033532960     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0789     Document Type: Article

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