Anatomy and function of an excitatory network in the visual cortex

Nature

Volumn 532, Issue 7599, 2016, Pages 370-374

  Lee, Wei Chung Allen ^a   Bonin, Vincent ^a,b   Reed, Michael ^a   Graham, Brett J ^a   Hood, Greg ^c   Glattfelder, Katie ^d   Reid, R Clay ^a,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BRAIN; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ORIENTATION; PROBABILITY;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AXON; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EX VIVO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SPINE; STRIATE CORTEX; SYNAPSE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHOTON; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

CALCIUM;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CALCIUM; DENDRITES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHOTONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SYNAPSES; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84964502481     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature17192     Document Type: Article

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