Intracortical axonal projections of lamina VI cells of the primary somatosensory cortex in the rat: A single-cell labeling study

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 6365-6379

  Zhang, Zhong Wei ^a   Deschênes, Martin ^a,b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortical barrel field; Corticocortical cells; Corticothalamic cells; Posterior thalamic group; Short pyramidal cells; Ventral posteromedial nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL COMMUNICATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS;

EID: 0342617726     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-16-06365.1997     Document Type: Article

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