Local circuits targeting parvalbumin-containing interneurons in layer IV of rat barrel cortex

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-13

  Staiger, Jochen F ^a   Zuschratter, Werner ^b   Luhmann, Heiko J ^c   Schubert, Dirk ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Barrel cortex; Correlated light and electron microscopy; Cortical circuitry; Inhibitory interneurons; Parvalbumin; Spiny neurons

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; PARVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENDRITIC CELL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INTERNEURON; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SOMATIC CELL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STELLATE CELL; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; TARGET CELL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; TISSUE SLICE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL MEMBRANE; DENDRITES; INTERNEURONS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PARVALBUMINS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSES;

RATTUS;

EID: 70350411872     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-009-0225-5     Document Type: Article

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