Cell-type identity: a key to unlocking the function of neocortical circuits

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 415-421

  Brown, Solange P ^a   Hestrin, Shaul ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; PARVALBUMIN;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; NEOCORTEX; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 69449096815     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2009.07.011     Document Type: Review

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