Layer VI in cat primary auditory cortex: Golgi study and sublaminar origins of projection neurons

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 404, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 332-358

  Prieto, Jorge J ^a   Winer, Jeffery A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Columnar organization; Connections; Cortical circuits; Nonpyramidal cells; Pyramidal cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CAT; NEOCORTEX; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SENSORY NERVE;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; CATS; CELL POLARITY; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; THALAMUS;

EID: 0033557205     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990215)404:3<332::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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