Quantitative morphometry of electrophysiologically identified CA3b interneurons reveals robust local geometry and distinct cell classes

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 515, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 677-695

  Ascoli, Giorgio A ^a   Brown, Kerry M ^a   Calixto, Eduardo ^b   Card, J Patrick ^c   Galvan E J ^c   Perez Rosello, T ^c   Barrionuevo, Germán ^c  

^a George Mason University   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axons; Branching; Dendrites; Feed forward inhibition; Hippocampus; Lateral inhibition; Stratum lacunosum moleculare; Stratum radiatum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DENTATE GYRUS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GEOMETRY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURON; MEMORY; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DENDRITES; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, AMPA;

EID: 67650652265     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22082     Document Type: Article

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