The Spatial Dimensions of Electrically Coupled Networks of Interneurons in the Neocortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 4142-4152

  Amitai, Yael ^a,b   Gibson, Jay R ^a   Beierlein, Michael ^a   Patrick, Saundra L ^a   Ho, Alice M ^a   Connors, Barry W ^a   Golomb, David ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coupling coefficient; Coupling conductance; Dendritic fields; FS cells; Gap junctions; Inhibitory interneurons; LTS cells; Network architecture

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; PARVALBUMIN; SOMATOSTATIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LYSINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL TYPE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INTERNEURON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNCYTIUM; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; CELL JUNCTION; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; GAP JUNCTIONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; LYSINE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PARVALBUMINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSTATIN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0037095741     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-10-04142.2002     Document Type: Article

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