Towards the classification of subpopulations of layer V pyramidal projection neurons

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-115

  Molnár, Zoltán ^a   Cheung, Amanda F P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Callosum; Corticospinal projections; ER81; Fez1; FNP 7; N200; OTX 1; Pyramidal neurons; SMI 32

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ASPARTIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; LIM PROTEIN; PROTEIN P35; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ER81; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENDRITE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS;

EID: 33644790758     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2006.02.008     Document Type: Review

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