Morphology, electrophysiology and functional input connectivity of pyramidal neurons characterizes a genuine layer Va in the primary somatosensory cortex

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 223-236

  Schubert, D ^a   Kotter R ^a   Luhmann, H J ^b   Staiger, J F ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barrel cortex; Caged glutamate; Functional connectivity; Intracortical; Photolysis

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL STRUCTURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 30744463032     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhi100     Document Type: Article

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