Single-cell study of motor cortex projections to the barrel field in rats

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 464, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 98-103

  Veinante, Pierre ^a   Deschênes, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Callosal cells; Corticocortical connections; Somatosensory cortex; Vibrissa; Whisker

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BARREL FIELD; BIOTINYLATION; BRAIN STEM; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL POPULATION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORTICOFUGAL AXON; GRANULE CELL; HEMISPHERE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PATTERN GENERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE CELL STUDY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STAINING; VIBRISSA; WHISKING;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOTIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCENT DYES; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 0041807596     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10769     Document Type: Article

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