Morphological and physiological characterization of layer VI corticofugal neurons of mouse primary visual cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2854-2867

  Brumberg, Joshua C ^a,b   Hamzei Sichani, Farid ^a   Yuste, Rafael ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FURA 2 ACETOXYMETHYL ESTER; MICROSPHERE; RHODAMINE;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; DENDRITE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITABILITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROELECTRODES; MICROSPHERES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RHODAMINES; SYNAPSES; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0037541277     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01051.2002     Document Type: Article

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