Potential synaptic connectivity of different neurons onto pyramidal cells in a 3D reconstruction of the rat hippocampus

Frontiers in Neuroinformatics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ropireddy, Deepak ^a,b   Ascoli, Giorgio A ^a,b  

^a George Mason University   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D model; CA pyramidal axons; CA3b interneuron axons; Computational; Connectivity; Dentate mossy fiber; Potential synapses; Rat hippocampus

Indexed keywords

AXON; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DENDRITE; DORSAL REGION; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURON; LEARNING; MAMMAL; MEMORY; MICROSCOPY; MODEL; MOSSY FIBER; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SPINE; SYNAPSE;

EID: 84994005746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fninf.2011.00005     Document Type: Article

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