For this, cell-type- and layer-specific transfection ... By these means we identified pyramidal neurons in layer II/III but not layer V/VI of the prelimbic subdivision (PL) of the prefrontal ...

The outer layer of the brain ... in the United States closely examined the functions of different pyramidal cells, which are commonly found in the human cortex. "Our paper was based on one ...

The brain is, in fact, structured in layers like an onion and each layer is defined by the cell types that populate it, which have been given descriptive names like pyramidal, chandelier and ...

Layer 5 pyramidal neurons in normal mice (left) compared with mice with autism gene knocked-out ... Most of the cortex is composed of excitatory cells called pyramidal neurons.

Detail of a pyramidal cell. Dendrites are red and orange. The axon is blue. Source: Allen Institute for Brain Science Neuroscience got its start more than 100 years ago when Santiago Ramon y Cajal ...

BRAIN CANDY A new database offers a deep look at living human nerve cells, revealing elaborate branching structures and myriad shapes, such as in this neuron called a pyramidal cell (cell image ...