Morphology, input–output relations and synaptic connectivity of Cajal–Retzius cells in layer 1 of the developing neocortex of CXCR4-EGFP mice

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 219, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2119-2139

  Anstötz, Max ^a   Cosgrove, Kathleen E ^b   Hack, Iris ^a   Mugnaini, Enrico ^b   Maccaferri, Gianmaria ^b   Lübke, Joachim H R ^a,c,d  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^d JARA Translational Brain Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cajal Retzius cells; CXCR4 EGFP mice; GABAergic interneurons; Input output synapses; Long range horizontal axons; Neocortical layer 1

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CELL; CAJAL RETZIUS CELL; CELL DEATH; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTEX LAYER I; DENDRITE; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTERNEURON; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; GABAERGIC NEURONS; INTERNEURONS; MICE; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84936076613     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-013-0627-2     Document Type: Article

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