Network of GABAergic large basket cells in cat visual cortex (area 18): Implication for lateral disinhibition

Anatomical and immunohistochemical data indicate that, in addition to pyramidal neurons, nonpyramidal cells are exposed to perisomatic inhibition mediated by γ‐aminobutyric acid (GABA)‐containing terminals. However, no direct information is available as yet for the origin of GABAergic inputs to morphologically identified GABAergic neurons. In the present paper, we studied the topographical and synaptic relationship between identified GABAergic large basket cells and their immunohistochemically characterized target neurons revealed by parvalbumin‐(PV) and GABA immunostaining in the same material.

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