Dendroarchitecture of relay cells in thalamic barreloids: A substrate for cross-whisker modulation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 6186-6194

  Varga, Caroline ^a   Sík, Attila ^a   Lavallée, Philippe ^a   Deschênes, Martin ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barreloids; Barrels; Thalamic relay cells; Ventral posterior medial nucleus; Vibrissa; Whisker

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; FLUOROGOLD;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; CELL LABELING; DENDRITIC CELL; INTERNEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; VIBRISSA;

EID: 0037101612     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-14-06186.2002     Document Type: Article

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