Morphological and physiological characteristics of laminar cells in the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn , Issue JULY 2012, 2012, Pages

  Wallace, Mark Nelson ^a   Shackleton, Trevor M ^a   Palmer, Alan R ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibrodendritic laminae; Flat cells; Inferior colliculus; Intrinsic axon; Juxtacellular labelling; Microcircuits; Neuronal reconstruction

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; URETHAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LABELING; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); DENDRITE; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; LAMINAR CELL; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LAMINA; STELLATE CELL;

EID: 84865145860     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2012.00055     Document Type: Article

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