Properties of piriform cortex pyramidal cell dendrites: Implications for olfactory circuit design

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 40, 2009, Pages 12641-12652

  Bathellier, Brice ^a,c   Margrie, Troy W ^b   Larkum, Matthew E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENDRITES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SMELL; SYNAPSES;

EID: 70349868412     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1124-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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