Subcellular synaptic connectivity of layer 2 pyramidal neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 37, 2012, Pages 12808-12819

  Little, Justin P ^a   Carter, Adam G ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SPINE; SYNAPTIC EFFICACY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84866246094     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1616-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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