Three-dimensional axon morphologies of individual layer 5 neurons indicate cell type-specific intracortical pathways for whisker motion and touch

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4188-4193

  Oberlaender, Marcel ^a   Boudewijns, Zimbo S R M ^b   Kleele, Tatjana ^c   Mansvelder, Huibert D ^b   Sakmann, Bert ^a   De Kock, Christiaan P J ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK FLORIDA INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axon reconstruction; Barrel cortex; Dysgranular zone

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL STRUCTURE; DENDRITE; INNERVATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; TOUCH; VIBRISSA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VIBRISSAE;

RATTUS;

EID: 79952761950     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1100647108     Document Type: Article

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