Transgenic mice expressing a fluorescent in vivo label in a distinct subpopulation of neocortical layer 5 pyramidal cells

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 480, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-88

  Akemann, Walther ^a   Zhong, Yong Mei ^a   Ichinohe, Noritaka ^a   Rockland, Kathleen S ^a   Knöpfel, Thomas ^a  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biocytin; Electrophysiology; Green fluorescent protein; Rodent

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; FAST BLUE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GENETIC MARKER; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SPIKE WAVE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMIDINES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL SHAPE; DENDRITES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; LYSINE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEOCORTEX; NEUROPEPTIDES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SHAW POTASSIUM CHANNELS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 7544228951     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20338     Document Type: Article

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