Comparative strength and dendritic organization of thalamocortical and corticocortical synapses onto excitatory layer 4 neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 6746-6758

  Schoonover, Carl E ^a   Tapia, Juan Carlos ^a   Schilling, Verena C ^b   Wimmer, Verena ^c   Blazeski, Richard ^a   Zhang, Wanying ^a   Mason, Carol A ^a   Bruno, Randy M ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compartmental; Confocal; Dendrite; In vivo; Optogenetics; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

COMPARTMENTAL; CONFOCAL; DENDRITE; IN VIVO; OPTOGENETICS; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITES; DENDRITIC SPINES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

EID: 84900439291     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0305-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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