Subset of cortical layer 6b neurons selectively innervates higher order thalamic nuclei in mice

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 1882-1897

  Hoerder Suabedissen, Anna ^a   Hayashi, Shuichi ^a   Upton, Louise ^a   Nolan, Zachary ^b   Casas Torremocha, Diana ^c   Grant, Eleanor ^a   Viswanathan, Sarada ^d,e   Kanold, Patrick O ^d   Clasca, Francisco ^c   Kim, Yongsoo ^b   Molnár, Zoltán ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

^e Janelia Research Campus ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; NEUROSERPIN; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; BIOTIN; BIOTINYLATED DEXTRAN AMINE; CPLX3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; DEXTRAN; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DRD1A PROTEIN, MOUSE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; EYE PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN;

ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXON; BRAIN CORTEX LAYER; BRAIN REGION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CELL DENSITY; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DENDRITE; DORSAL STRIATUM; GRAY MATTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MESENCEPHALON; MOTOR CORTEX; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPSE; TECTUM; THALAMUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THALAMUS RETICULAR NUCLEUS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VARICOSIS; WHITE MATTER; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; C57BL MOUSE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; MAMMALIAN EMBRYO; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOTIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEXTRANS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EYE PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D1; SYNAPSES; THALAMIC NUCLEI; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1;

EID: 85050880867     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhy036     Document Type: Article

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