The proportion of synapses formed by the axons of the lateral geniculate nucleus in layer 4 of area 17 of the cat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 516, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 264-276

  da Costa, Nuno Maçarico ^a   Martin, Kevan A C ^a  

^a Institute of Neuroinformatics Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

dLGN; Electron microscopy; Physical disector; Synapse density; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CAT; CELL COUNT; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL VISUAL AREA 17; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CATS; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 69449100592     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22133     Document Type: Article

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