Morphological and electrophysiological characteristics of layer V neurons of the rat medial entorhinal cortex

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 418, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 457-472

  Hamam, Bassam N ^a   Kennedy, Timothy E ^a   Alonso, Angel ^a,b   Amaral, David G ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Hippocampal formation; Intracellular recording; Three dimensional reconstruction, oscillations

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; LYSINE; MALE; MEMORY; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 0034007322     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(20000320)418:4<457::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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