Corticostriatal Projection Neurons –Dichotomous Types and Dichotomous Functions
The mammalian striatum receives its main excitatory input from the two types of cortical pyramidal neurons of layer 5 of the cerebral cortex – those with only intratelencephalic connections (IT-type) and those sending their main axon to the brainstem via the pyramidal tract (PT-type). These two neu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2010-10-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Neuroanatomy |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnana.2010.00142/full |