Laminar and Columnar Development of Barrel Cortex Relies on Thalamocortical Neurotransmission

Neuron

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 970-986

  Li, Hong ^a   Fertuzinhos, Sofia ^a   Mohns, Ethan ^a   Hnasko, ThomasS ^b   Verhage, Matthijs ^c   Edwards, Robert ^b   Sestan, Nenad ^a   Crair, MichaelC ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; GLUTAMIC ACID; MICE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

EID: 84884170686     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.06.043     Document Type: Article

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