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@ARTICLE{Helmstaedter:3698,
author = {Helmstaedter, M. and Sakmann, B. and Feldmeyer, D.},
title = {{T}he {R}elation between {D}endritic {G}eometry,
{E}lectrical {E}xcitability, and {A}xonal {P}rojections of
{L}2/3 {I}nterneurons in {R}at {B}arrel {C}ortex},
journal = {Cerebral cortex},
volume = {19},
issn = {1047-3211},
address = {Oxford},
publisher = {Oxford Univ. Press},
reportid = {PreJuSER-3698},
pages = {938 - 950},
year = {2009},
note = {This work was supported by the Max-Planck Society.},
abstract = {Interneurons in layer 2/3 (L2/3) of the somatosensory
cortex show 4 types of axonal projection patterns with
reference to the laminae and borders of columns in rat
barrel cortex (Helmstaedter et al. 2008a). Here, we analyzed
the dendritic geometry and electrical excitability of these
interneurons. First, dendritic polarity, measured based on
the insertion points of primary dendrites on the soma
surface, yielded a continuous one-dimensional measure
without a clustering of dendritic polarity types. Secondly,
we analyzed polar and vertical distributions of dendritic
length. A cluster analysis allowed the definition of 7 types
of dendritic arborization. Thirdly, when dendritic polarity
was related to the intrinsic electrical excitability we
found that the ratio of frequency adaptation in trains of
action potentials (APs) evoked by current injection was
correlated with the number of primary dendrites. Numerical
simulations of spiking patterns in L2/3 interneurons
suggested that the number of primary dendrites could account
for up to $50\%$ of this correlation. Fourthly, dendritic
arborization was not correlated with axonal projection, and
axonal projection types could not be predicted by electrical
excitability parameters. We conclude that 1) dendritic
polarity is correlated to intrinsic electrical excitability,
and 2) the axonal projection pattern represents an
independent classifier of interneurons.},
keywords = {Animals / Axons: physiology / Cerebral Cortex: cytology /
Cerebral Cortex: physiology / Dendrites: physiology /
Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials: physiology /
Interneurons: cytology / Interneurons: physiology / Membrane
Potentials: physiology / Neural Pathways: physiology / Rats
/ Rats, Wistar / J (WoSType)},
cin = {INM-2 / JARA-BRAIN},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-2-20090406 / $I:(DE-82)080010_20140620$},
pnm = {Funktion und Dysfunktion des Nervensystems},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK409},
shelfmark = {Neurosciences},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:18787231},
UT = {WOS:000263945100018},
doi = {10.1093/cercor/bhn138},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/3698},
}