Barrel cortex microcircuits: Thalamocortical feedforward inhibition in spiny stellate cells is mediated by a small number of fast-spiking interneurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1219-1230

  Sun, Qian Quan ^a,b   Huguenard, John R ^a   Prince, David A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Stanford University School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Fast spiking interneuron; Feedforward inhibition; IPSPs; Somatosensory cortex; Spiny stellate neuron; Thalamocortical

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EXCITATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STELLATE CELL; SYNAPSE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INTERNEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 32544434506     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4727-04.2006     Document Type: Article

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