Pyramidal neurons: Dendritic structure and synaptic integration

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 206-221

  Spruston, Nelson ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DENDRITIC SPINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SPIKE; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEOCORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 39449125245     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn2286     Document Type: Review

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