Selective targeting of the dendrites of corticothalamic cells by thalamic afferents in area 17 of the cat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 44, 2009, Pages 13919-13928

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

^a Institute of Neuroinformatics Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CAT; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CATS; DENDRITES; MALE; NERVE NET; STAINING AND LABELING; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 70449346402     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2785-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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