Subplate cells: Amplifiers of neuronal activity in the developing cerebral cortex

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 3, Issue OCT, 2009, Pages

  Luhmann, Heiko J ^a   Kilb, Werner ^a   Hanganu Opatz, Ileana L ^a,b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; Electrophysiology; GABA; Glutamate; Microciruitry; Neocortex; NMDA; Subplate

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953358556     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.05.019.2009     Document Type: Article

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