Thalamic input to distal apical dendrites in neocortical layer 1 is massive and highly convergent

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2380-2395

  Rubio Garrido, Pablo ^a,b   Pérez De Manzo, Flor ^a   Porrero, César ^a   Galazo, Maria J ^a   Clascá, Francisco ^a,c  

^a AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Cortical microcircuit; Dendrites; Pyramidal neuron; Thalamus; Top down interactions

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; INNERVATION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AXONS; DENDRITES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOCORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THALAMUS;

EID: 70349443489     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhn259     Document Type: Article

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