抄録
To understand the inhibitory network in the cortex, we have started to clarify several features of GABAergic neurons in the frontal cortex of rats. These are; (1) the physiological, chemical and morphological characteristics of cortical GABAergic neurons to identify the subtypes, (2) the synaptic connections among these neuronal subtypes and (3) the synaptic properties and the chemical modulation of each subtype. An experimental approach in which multiple properties of a GABA neuron are determined for the same cell, yields a set of data which allows a more comprehensive classification of the neuron as an element of a local neuronal circuit.
