Of mice and men, and chandeliers

PLoS Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1833-1836

  Woodruff, Alan ^a   Yuste, Rafael ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

CELL FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; NEOCORTEX; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NERVE CELL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MUS;

ANIMALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; MICE; NEOCORTEX;

EID: 54749132705     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060243     Document Type: Review

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