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1 Department of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Abstract
In this last decade, the combination of differential interference contrast infrared video technology and patch-clamp techniques applied to slices in vitro has allowed the routine electrophysiological recording of visually identified central neurones. This has opened the way to the possibility of preselecting GABAergic interneurones of the hippocampus on the basis of some peculiar morphological characteristics. In particular, stratum oriens ‘horizontal’ interneurones are easily recognizable in living hippocampal slices because of their location and bipolar/bitufted appearance. Thus, this class of cells has rapidly risen as one of the most studied in the entire hippocampus. In this review, I will try to assemble the vast electrophysiological knowledge on these interneurones into a more focused picture, which is relevant for network activity in vitro and in vivo.
(Received 8 October 2004;
accepted after revision 18 October 2004;
first published online 21 October 2004)
Corresponding author G. Maccaferri: Department of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 E Chicago Ave, Tarry Blg Rm 5-707 M211, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Email: g-maccaferri{at}northwestern.edu
Dedicated to the memory of the late Eberhard H. Buhl, friend and colleague. This report was presented at The Journal of Physiology Symposium in honour of the late Eberhard H. Buhl on Structure/Function Correlates in Neurons and Networks, Leeds, UK, 10 September 2004. It was commissioned by the Editorial Board and reflects the views of the author.
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