Amygdala inputs drive feedforward inhibition in the medial prefrontal cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 221-229

  Dilgen, Jonathan ^a   Tejeda, Hugo A ^a   O'Donnell, Patricio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Fast spiking interneuron; GABA; In vivo intracellular recording; Parvalbumin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; PICROTOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNEURON; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FAST-SPIKING INTERNEURON; GABA; IN VIVO INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; PARVALBUMIN;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84879657660     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00531.2012     Document Type: Article

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