Functional properties and short-term dynamics of unidirectional and reciprocal synaptic connections between layer 2/3 pyramidal cells and fast-spiking interneurons in juvenile rat prefrontal cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2988-2998

  Zaitsev, A V ^a,b   Lewis, D A ^b  

^a SECHENOV INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

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

Author keywords

Cortical circuitry; Excitatory transmission; Inhibitory transmission; Paired recordings; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SHORT TERM DEPRESSION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE TRACT; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; WISTAR RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84885423439     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12294     Document Type: Article

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