Amygdala input monosynaptically innervates parvalbumin immunoreactive local circuit neurons in rat medial prefrontal cortex

Neuroscience

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1039-1048

  Gabbott, P L A ^a   Warner, T A ^b   Busby, S J ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

amygdalocortical afferents; disynaptic GABAegic feed forward inhibition; local circuit neurons; pyramidal cell activity

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; PARVALBUMIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INNERVATION; INTERNEURON; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SOMATIC CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEURONS; PARVALBUMINS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 33646142063     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.01.026     Document Type: Article

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