Predominance of corticothalamic synaptic inputs to thalamic reticular nucleus neurons in the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 414, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-79

  Liu, Xiao Bo ^a   Jones, Edward G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid; Confocal microscopy; Electron microscopy; Excitatory synapses; Intracellular injection

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITES; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; MICROINJECTIONS; NERVE ENDINGS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0033536927     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19991108)414:1<67::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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