Proximally targeted GABAergic synapses and gap junctions synchronize cortical interneurons

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 366-371

  Tamás, Gábor ^a,b   Buhl, Eberhard H ^b,c   Lörincz, Andrea ^a,b   Somogyi, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; BICUCULLINE; BIOCYTIN; CHOLECYSTOKININ; PARVALBUMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GAP JUNCTION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CELL COMMUNICATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GAP JUNCTIONS; INTERNEURONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0034126977     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/73936     Document Type: Article

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