Main references (data with "?" refer to a reasonable guess; with
"??" to a total guess):
Morphology: Same as basket cells?!
Number and connectivity: Bernard and Wheal,
1994.
Biochemistry and physiology: Freund and Buzsaki,
1996; Koh et al., 1995.
Type: Interneurons, inhibitory (GABA)
Number: 4000
Location (CA1): Soma and axon in stratum lacunosum moleculare,
dendrites in all layers.
Explicit morphological data: Southampton archive (cells l18, l82 etc.)
Notes: See also the physiological characterization by McBain
and Maccaferri (1997).
Connectivity:
Axonal output (number of cells contacted, with one synapse unless
specified; in parenthesis: number of cells of that type):
200,000 CA1 pc (300,000)
2000 CA1 bc (4000)
Axo-somatic input:
GABA ?100 SHP on soma and dendrites (climbing)
GABA 800 CA1 bc (1000) on soma
GABA 800 CA1 oa (4000) on soma?
Dendritic input:
Glu 12,000 CA3 pc (200,000) on shaft
Biochemistry:
Spines: ?
Dendrites: mGlu, AMPA, CCa?, mGlu, NMDA?
Soma: GABA-A?, GABA-B, CNa, CK?, ED
Axon: CNa, CK?, EC, EP.