Synaptic distinction of laminar-specific prefrontal-temporal pathways in primates

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 865-875

  Germuska, Michael ^a   Saha, Subhash ^a   Fiala, John ^b   Barbas, Helen ^a,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate; Auditory association cortex; Laminar distinction; Laminar pathways; Presynaptic features; Synaptic efficacy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; FEMALE; INTERNEURON; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SYNAPSE; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SYNAPSES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33646861955     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhj030     Document Type: Article

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