Cortical area and species differences in dendritic spine morphology

Journal of Neurocytology

Volumn 31, Issue 3-5 SPEC. ISS., 2002, Pages 337-346

  Benavides Piccione, Ruth ^a   Ballesteros Yáñez, Inmaculada ^a   DeFelipe, Javier ^a   Yuste, Rafael ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITION; DENDRITIC SPINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITES; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ISOQUINOLINES; MALE; MICE; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038638149     PISSN: 03004864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024134312173     Document Type: Article

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