The relation between dendritic geometry, electrical excitability, and axonal projections of l2/3 interneurons in rat barrel cortex

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 938-950

  Helmstaedter, Moritz ^a   Sakmann, Bert ^a   Feldmeyer, Dirk ^b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barrel cortex; Cluster analysis; Dendrites; Electrical excitability; GABAergic interneuron; Layer 2 3; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENDRITE; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITES; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INTERNEURONS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 63849146308     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhn138     Document Type: Article

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