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ArticleNeuron2008

Ivy cells: a population of nitric-oxide-producing, slow-spiking GABAergic neurons and their involvement in hippocampal network activity.

Pablo Fuentealba, Rahima Begum, Marco Capogna, Shozo Jinno, László F Márton, Jozsef Csicsvari, Alex Thomson, Peter Somogyi, Thomas Klausberger

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Article in Neuron, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 157 papers.

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157citing papers in PubMed
9.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

157 citing papers in PubMed, 254 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

  • Erratum issued
5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Pablo FuentealbaMRC Anatomical Neuropharmacology Unit, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3TH, UK.
Rahima Begum
Marco Capogna
Shozo Jinno
László F Márton
Jozsef Csicsvari
Alex Thomson
Peter Somogyi
Thomas Klausberger
University of Oxford · GBUniversity of London · GBKyushu University · JP

Funding

Medical Research Council G0000207Medical Research Council G0401248Medical Research Council MC_U138162360Medical Research Council MC_U138169944Medical Research Council MC_U138197106Medical Research Council MC_U138197107Medical Research Council MC_U138197110Medical Research Council MC_UU_12020/3
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the cerebral cortex, GABAergic interneurons are often regarded as fast-spiking cells. We have identified a type of slow-spiking interneuron that offers distinct contributions to network activity. "Ivy" cells, named after their dense and fine axons innervating mostly basal and oblique pyramidal cell dendrites, are more numerous than the parvalbumin-expressing basket, bistratified, or axo-axonic cells. Ivy cells express nitric oxide synthase, neuropeptide Y, and high levels of GABA(A) receptor alpha1 subunit; they discharge at a low frequency with wide spikes in vivo, yet are distinctively phase-locked to behaviorally relevant network rhythms including theta, gamma, and ripple oscillations. Paired recordings in vitro showed that Ivy cells receive depressing EPSPs from pyramidal cells, which in turn receive slowly rising and decaying inhibitory input from Ivy cells. In contrast to fast-spiking interneurons operating with millisecond precision, the highly abundant Ivy cells express presynaptically acting neuromodulators and regulate the excitability of pyramidal cell dendrites through slowly rising and decaying GABAergic inputs.

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Action PotentialsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornBehavior, AnimalBiotinCerebral CortexElectric Stimulationgamma-Aminobutyric AcidHippocampusMaleMicroscopy, ImmunoelectronNerve NetNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuronsNitric OxideParvalbuminsBiotingamma-Aminobutyric AcidNerve Tissue ProteinsneurobiotinNitric OxideParvalbuminsReceptors, GABA-A

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PMID18367092
PMCPMC4487557
OpenAlexW2152913045

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