title: Ferret Interneurons Defy Expectations.
abstract: Parvalbumin interneurons in the cortex are believed to pool inputs from most surrounding excitatory cells independent of their functional properties. Response properties of interneurons in columnar visual cortex of ferrets, described by Wilson et al. (2017) in this issue of Neuron, challenge this view.
authors.affiliation: Biozentrum, University of Basel, 4056 Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address: petr.znamenskiy@unibas.ch.
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Znamenskiy
authors.affiliation: Biozentrum, University of Basel, 4056 Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address: sonja.hofer@unibas.ch.
authors.forename: Sonja B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Hofer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001931:Brain Mapping; D006801:Humans; D007395:Interneurons / Q000502:physiology*; D009433:Neural Inhibition / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology*; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: calcium imaging; cortical circuits; ferret; inhibitory interneurons; orientation columns; orientation tuning; parvalbumin; synaptic connectivity; two-photon imaging; visual cortex