Morphological heterogeneity of layer VI neurons in mouse barrel cortex

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 512, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 726-746

  Chen, Chia Chien ^a   Abrams, Svetlana ^b   Pinhas, Alex ^b   Brumberg, Joshua C ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrel cortex; Golgi; Neocortex layer VI; Neuronal morphology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; FEMALE; GOLGI STAIN; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SOMATIC CELL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ANIMAL; CELL SHAPE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL SHAPE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENDRITES; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY; NEURONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 59649096582     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21926     Document Type: Article

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