Unveiling the diversity of thalamocortical neuron subtypes

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1524-1532

  Clascá, Francisco ^a   Rubio Garrido, Pablo ^a   Jabaudon, Denis ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Axon branching; Axonal guidance; Cerebral cortex; Cortical microcircuits; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL STRUCTURE; COGNITION; DENDRITE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LAMINAR TARGET SPECIFICITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATODENDRITIC CELL; SUBCORTICAL COLLATERAL; THALAMOCORTICAL CONNECTIVITY; THALAMOCORTICAL NEURON CORE TYPE; THALAMOCORTICAL NEURON INTRALAMINAR TYPE; THALAMOCORTICAL NEURON MATRIX TYPE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALOMOCORTICAL AXON; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; THALAMUS;

EID: 84862085565     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08033.x     Document Type: Article

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