The microcircuit concept applied to cortical evolution: From three-layer to six-layer cortex

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn , Issue MAY, 2011, Pages

  Shepherd, Gordon M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apical dendrite; Dorsal general cortex; Hippocampus; Neocortex; Olfactory cortex; Pyramidal neuron; Recurrent excitation; Recurrent inhibition

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

ACTION POTENTIAL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HUMAN; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MEMORY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SPIKE WAVE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84855482262     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2011.00030     Document Type: Review

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