Layer V neurons in mouse cortex projecting to different targets have distinct physiological properties

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3330-3340

  Hattox, Alexis M ^a   Nelson, Sacha B ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; WHOLE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 37549037404     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00397.2007     Document Type: Article

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