Physiology and anatomy of synaptic connections between thick tufted pyramidal neurones in the developing rat neocortex

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 500, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 409-440

  Markram, Henry ^a,c   Lübke, Joachim ^b   Frotscher, Michael ^b   Roth, Arnd ^a   Sakmann, Bert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; BIOCYTIN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MICROSCOPE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE;

EID: 1842333229     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1997.sp022031     Document Type: Article

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