Excitatory connections made by presynaptic cortico-cortical pyramidal cells in layer 6 of the neocortex

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1485-1496

  Mercer, Audrey ^a   West, David C ^a   Morris, Oliver T ^a   Kirchhecker, Sarah ^a   Kerkhoff, Jane E ^a   Thomson, Alex M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortico cortical; EPSP (excitatory postsynaptic potential); Layer 6 pyramidal cell; Microcircuitry; Paired pulse depression; Synapse

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INNERVATION; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CATS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; LYSINE; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, PRESYNAPTIC;

EID: 24044472184     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhi027     Document Type: Article

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