Inhibitory basket cell synaptic input to layer IV simple cells in cat striate visual cortex (area 17): A quantitative analysis of connectivity

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 331-343

  Budd, Julian M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GABA; Lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN); Receptive field; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAT; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; LINEAR SYSTEM; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; STELLATE CELL; SYNAPSE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CATS; CELL COUNT; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENICULATE BODIES; NEURONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0033921965     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095252380017302X     Document Type: Article

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