Pyramidal cell development: Postnatal spinogenesis, dendritic growth, axon growth, and electrophysiology

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 8, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Elston, Guy N ^a   Fujita, Ichiro ^b  

^a Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience   (Australia)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axon; Bouton; Cortex; Dendrite; Human; Macaque; Spine; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905968854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2014.00078     Document Type: Review

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