Morphologically distinct classes of relay cells exhibit regional preferences in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the mouse

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 48, 2011, Pages 17437-17448

  Krahe, Thomas E ^a   El Danaf, Rana N ^a   Dilger, Emily K ^a   Henderson, Scott C ^a   Guido, William ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERNEURON; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MOUSE; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; GENICULATE BODIES; MICE; NEURONS;

EID: 82555174677     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4370-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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