Anatomy and physiology of the thick-tufted layer 5 pyramidal neuron

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue JUNE, 2015, Pages

  Ramaswamy, Srikanth ^a   Markram, Henry ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Axon; Back propagating action potential; Dendrites; Neocortex; Pyramidal neuron; Spike timing dependent plasticity; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC EFFICACY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THICK TUFTED LAYER 5 PYRAMIDAL NEURON;

EID: 84936929863     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00233     Document Type: Review

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