Neuron Names: A Gene- and Property-Based Name Format, With Special Reference to Cortical Neurons

• Main Authors: Gordon M. Shepherd (Author), Luis Marenco (Author), Michael L. Hines (Author), Michele Migliore (Author), Robert A. McDougal (Author), Nicholas T. Carnevale (Author), Adam J. H. Newton (Author), Monique Surles-Zeigler (Author), Giorgio A. Ascoli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Precision in neuron names is increasingly needed. We are entering a new era in which classical anatomical criteria are only the beginning toward defining the identity of a neuron as carried in its name. New criteria include patterns of gene expression, membrane properties of channels and receptors,...