Cortical interneuron subtypes vary in their axonal action potential properties

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 47, 2015, Pages 15555-15567

  Casale, Amanda E ^a,b   Foust, Amanda J ^a,c   Bal, Thierry ^a,d   McCormick, David A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Unite de Neurosciences Integratives et Computationnelles   (France)

Author keywords

Action potential; Cortex; D current; Fast spiking; Interneuron; SOM

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; FLUORESCENCE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; INTERNEURON; KINETICS; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; AXON; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; FEMALE; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 84948149816     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1467-13.2015     Document Type: Article

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