In vivo labeling of parvalbumin-positive interneurons and analysis of electrical coupling in identified neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 7055-7064

  Meyer, Axel H ^a   Katona, István ^a   Blatow, Maria ^a   Rozov, Andrei ^b   Monyer, Hannah ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

BAC; EGFP; GABA; Gap junction; Interneuron; Parvalbumin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PARVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; DENDRITE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0037104767     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-16-07055.2002     Document Type: Article

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