Properties of bipolar VIPergic interneurons and their excitation by pyramidal neurons in the rat neocortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3617-3628

  Porter, James T ^a   Cauli, Bruno ^a   Staiger, Jochen F ^b   Lambolez, Bertrand ^a   Rossier, Jean ^a   Audinat, Etienne ^a  

^a Brain Plasticity Unit   (France)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calretinin; Cholinergic interneurons; Dendrotoxin; Single cell RT PCR; Unitary connections

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; AMPA RECEPTOR; CALRETININ; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DENDROTOXIN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERNEURON; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERNEURONS; NEOCORTEX; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SYNAPSES; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0032449494     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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