A new interpretation of thalamocortical circuitry

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1428, 2002, Pages 1767-1779

  Adams, Paul ^a   Cox, Kingsley ^a  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

Layer 6; Neocortex; Synapse splitting; Synaptic error; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

NEUROLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037196099     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1164     Document Type: Conference Paper

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