Synaptic circuit organization of motor corticothalamic neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2293-2307

  Yamawaki, Naoki ^a   Shepherd, Gordon M G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Corticothalamic; Disynaptic inhibition; Layer 6; Projection neuron; VA VL

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR CORTICOTHALAMIC NEURON; MOUSE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; VISUAL CORTEX; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SYNAPSE; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SYNAPSES; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS;

EID: 84922360431     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4023-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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