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. 2017 Mar 8;93(5):985-987.
doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.02.037.

Ferret Interneurons Defy Expectations

Petr Znamenskiy  1 , Sonja B Hofer  2
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Ferret Interneurons Defy Expectations

Petr Znamenskiy et al. Neuron. .
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Abstract

Parvalbumin interneurons in the cortex are believed to pool inputs from most surrounding excitatory cells independent of their functional properties. Response properties of interneurons in columnar visual cortex of ferrets, described by Wilson et al. (2017) in this issue of Neuron, challenge this view.

Keywords: calcium imaging; cortical circuits; ferret; inhibitory interneurons; orientation columns; orientation tuning; parvalbumin; synaptic connectivity; two-photon imaging; visual cortex.

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