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.
Type: Interneurons, inhibitory (GABA)
Number: 4000
Location (CA3): Soma in stratum oriens, axons in distal stratum
radiatum (lacunosum) dendrites in all layers.
Explicit morphological data: Southampton archive (cells l18, l82 etc.)
Notes: These interneurons are assumed to be dendro-specific basket
cells.
Connectivity:
Axonal output (number of cells contacted, with one synapse unless
specified; in parenthesis: number of cells of that type):
120,000 CA3 pc (200,000) *only 17,000, and
just on distal apical dendrites, according to Freund and Buzsaki, 1996*
800 CA3 oi (4000)
200 CA3 cc (1000)
Axo-somatic input:
GABA 290 CA3 cc (1000) on axon
GABA 550 SHP on soma and dendrites (climbing)
Dendritic input:
Glu ?? DG gc (1,000,000) on shaft
Glu 20,000 CA3 pc (200,000) on shaft
GABA 800 CA3 ri (4000) on shaft
Biochemistry:
Spines: ?
Dendrites: AMPA, CCa?, mGlu, NMDA?
Soma: GABA-A?, GABA-B, CNa, CK?, ED
Axon: CNa, CK?, EC, EP.