Major Differences in Inhibitory Synaptic Transmission onto Two Neocortical Interneuron Subclasses

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 29, 2003, Pages 9664-9674

  Bacci, Alberto ^a   Rudolph, Uwe ^b   Huguenard, John R ^a   Prince, David A ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA; GABAA receptors; Inhibition; Interneurons; Neocortex; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LORECLEZOLE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; ZOLPIDEM; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST SPIKING CELL; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; LOW THRESHOLD SPIKING CELL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; GABA AGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE TARGETING; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NEOCORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PYRIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 0142182053     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-29-09664.2003     Document Type: Article

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