Monosynaptic connections between pairs of spiny stellate cells in layer 4 and pyramidal cells in layer 5A indicate that lemniscal and paralemniscal afferent pathways converge in the infragranular somatosensory cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 3423-3431

  Feldmeyer, Dirk ^a,b   Roth, Arnd ^b,c   Sakmann, Bert ^b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barrel cortex; Cortical microcircuits; Layer 4; Layer 5A; Pyramidal cell; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STELLATE CELL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYSINE; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSES;

EID: 16344389708     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5227-04.2005     Document Type: Article

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