A barrel-related interneuron in layer 4 of rat somatosensory cortex with a high intrabarrel connectivity

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 713-725

  Koelbl, Christian ^a,e   Helmstaedter, Moritz ^a,f   L'bke, Joachim ^b,c,d   Feldmeyer, Dirk ^b,c,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Julich Aachen Research Alliance   (Germany)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barrel cortex; fast spiking; GABAergic interneuron; layer 4; spiny stellate cell

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BIOCYTIN; CALBINDIN; PARVALBUMIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BARREL CONFINED INHIBITORY INTERNEURON; CELL STRUCTURE; CONNECTOME; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC CELL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HISTOGRAM; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINY NEURON; SPINY STELLATE CELL; STELLATE CELL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP; ANIMAL; AXON; CYTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INTERNEURONS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84928334789     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht263     Document Type: Article

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