Ultrastructural study of gap junctions between dendrites of parvalbumin-containing GABAergic neurons in various neocortical areas of the adult rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-20

  Fukuda, T ^a   Kosaka, T ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Dendritic network; Electron microscopy; Interneuron; Neocortex; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; PARVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN REGION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITE; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0038166494     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(03)00328-2     Document Type: Article

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