The enigmatic function of chandelier cells

Chandelier (or axo-axonic) cells are one of the most distinctive GABAergic interneurons in the brain. Their exquisite target specificity for the axon initial segment of pyramidal neurons, together with their GABAergic nature, long suggested the possibility that they provide the ultimate inhibitory c...

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Main Authors: Alan R Woodruff, Stewart A Anderson, Rafael eYuste
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2010-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2010.00201/full