Somatodendritic minicolumns of output neurons in the rat visual cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 495-502

  Vercelli, Alessandro E ^a   Garbossa, Diego ^a   Curtetti, Roberta ^a   Innocenti, Giorgio M ^b  

^a Dept Anat Pharmacol/Forensic M   (Italy)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apical dendrite; Cortical column; Dendritic bundle; Pyramidal neuron

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL POPULATION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENDRITE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; LIPOPHILICITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

AGE FACTORS; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; DENDRITES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEURONS; PYRIDINIUM COMPOUNDS; RATS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 3242801152     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03483.x     Document Type: Article

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