AUTHOR=Foster Nichole L., Mellott Jeffrey G., Schofield Brett R. TITLE=Perineuronal nets and GABAergic cells in the inferior colliculus of guinea pigs JOURNAL=Frontiers in Neuroanatomy VOLUME=7 YEAR=2014 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroanatomy/articles/10.3389/fnana.2013.00053 DOI=10.3389/fnana.2013.00053 ISSN=1662-5129 ABSTRACT=
Perineuronal nets (PNs) are aggregates of extracellular matrix that have been associated with neuronal plasticity, critical periods, fast-spiking cells and protection from oxidative stress. Although PNs have been reported in the auditory system in several species, there is disagreement about the distribution of PNs within the inferior colliculus (IC), an important auditory hub in the midbrain. Furthermore, PNs in many brain areas are preferentially associated with GABAergic cells, but whether such an association exists in the IC has not been addressed. We used