Interplay between laminar specificity and activity-dependent mechanisms of thalamocortical axon branching

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 5215-5223

  Uesaka, Naofumi ^a,b   Hayano, Yasufumi ^a   Yamada, Akito ^a   Yamamoto, Nobuhiko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activity; Axon guidance; Cerebral cortex; Lamina; Thalamus; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL CULTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPORATION; FEMALE; IMAGING; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CUES; ELECTROPORATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GROWTH CONES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; STAINING AND LABELING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

EID: 34248333020     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4685-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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