Pyramidal Cells Make Specific Connections onto Smooth (GABAergic) Neurons in Mouse Visual Cortex

PLoS Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Bopp, Rita ^a   Maçarico da Costa, Nuno ^a   Kampa, Björn M ^b,c   Martin, Kevan A C ^a   Roth, Morgane M ^b  

^a Institute of Neuroinformatics Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CAT; CELL ASSAY; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HAPLORHINI; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTROPORATION; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER; SYNAPTOSOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CATS; DENDRITIC SPINES; ELECTROPORATION; GABAERGIC NEURONS; HAPLORHINI; MICE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84927170461     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001932     Document Type: Article

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