Synaptic connections between layer 5B pyramidal neurons in mouse somatosensory cortex are independent of apical dendrite bundling

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 43, 2007, Pages 11473-11482

  Krieger, Patrik ^a,b   Kuner, Thomas ^a   Sakmann, Bert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bundle; Cell cluster; Connectivity; Dendritic arborization; Minicolumn; Somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FLUORESCENCE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSES;

EID: 35548949450     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1182-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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