Excitatory neuronal connectivity in the barrel cortex

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn , Issue JUNE, 2012, Pages

  Feldmeyer, Dirk ^a,b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NORADRENALIN;

ARTICLE; EXCITATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRINCIPAL SENSORY NUCLEUS; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SECONDARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 84862998477     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2012.00024     Document Type: Article

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