Functional characterization of intrinsic cholinergic interneurons in the cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 5633-5642

  Von Engelhardt, Jakob ^a   Eliava, Marina ^b   Meyer, Axel H ^c   Rozov, Andrei ^a   Monyer, Hannah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ABBOTT GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; BAC; Calretinin; ChAT; EGFP; GABAergic neuron; Nicotinic receptor; VIP

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CALRETININ; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ISOENZYME;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTERNEURONS; ISOENZYMES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC;

EID: 34250644907     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4647-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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