Cell type-specific circuits of cortical layer IV spiny neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2961-2970

  Schubert, Dirk ^a   Kötter, Rolf ^a   Zilles, Karl ^a,b   Luhmann, Heiko J ^c   Staiger, Jochen F ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barrel cortex; Biocytin; Caged glutamate; Electrophysiology; Excitatory inputs; Functional connectivity; Inhibitory inputs; Layer IV; Morphology; Pyramidal cell; Slices; Somatosensory; Spiny stellate cell

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STELLATE CELL;

EID: 0345269731     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-07-02961.2003     Document Type: Article

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