Some thoughts on cortical minicolumns

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 265-277

  Rockland, Kathleen S ^a   Ichinohe, Noritaka ^a  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cortical areas; Dendritic bundle; Layer 2; Pyramidal cell module; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; DENDRITE; GEOMETRY; GLIA; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE SPROUTING; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPIL; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITES; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; MACACA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 4644359298     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-2024-9     Document Type: Review

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