Morphological and physiological characterization of pyramidal neuron subtypes in rat medial prefrontal cortex

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 788-805

  Van Aerde, Karlijn I ^a,d   Feldmeyer, Dirk ^a,b,c  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Julich Aachen Research Alliance   (Germany)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3D reconstructions; classification; cluster analysis; heterogeneity; layers; patch clamp

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENDRITIC CELL; DEPOLARIZATION; FEMALE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; STAINING; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84928340144     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht278     Document Type: Article

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