Lack of orientation and direction selectivity in a subgroup of fast-spiking inhibitory interneurons: Cellular and synaptic mechanisms and comparison with other electrophysiological cell types

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1058-1078

  Nowak, Lionel G ^a   Sanchez Vives, Maria V ^b   McCormick, David A ^c  

^a Brain and Cognition Research Center in Toulouse   (France)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

40 Hz oscillation; Direction selectivity; Inhibition; Intracellular recording; Orientation selectivity; Spike threshold

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL TYPE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERNEURON; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; NERVE CELL; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CATS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERNEURONS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; SYNAPSES; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 44849090066     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhm137     Document Type: Article

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