Visual thalamocortical circuits in parvalbumin-deficient mice
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Visual thalamocortical circuits in parvalbumin-deficient mice.
The dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN) is considered as the visual gateway to the visual cortex (VC) and sends collaterals to the thalamic reticular nucleus (RTN) that in turn receives collaterals of the corticofugal feedback projections. At all levels of this thalamocortical circuit there are GABAergic neurons expressing the calcium-buffer parvalbumin (PV). The present study reports for ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brain Research
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0006-8993
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.04.048