Table 1.

Antibodies used in the study

	Species (raised in)		Source/code		Dilution		Specificity reference
	Primary antibodies
Calretinin	Mouse		Swant #6B3		1: 2000		Zimmermann and Schwaller (2002)
DARPP-32	Goat		Santa Cruz Biotechnology #8483		1:250		Labeling pattern as published with other antibodies
Choline acetyl transferase	Goat		Millipore #144P		1: 2000		Labeling pattern as published with other antibodies
GABAA α4 subunit	Rabbit		Werner Sieghart antigen sequence, α4N amino acids 1-9		1:1000		Knock-out mouse, this study
			Rabbit #21/7, bleed #04/10/1999
GABAA δ subunit	Rabbit		Werner Sieghart		1:500		Knock-out mouse, this study
			Antigen sequence δN amino acids 1–11
			Rabbit #14/15
			Bleed #17/04/1997
Kv2.1	Mouse		Neuromab #73–014		1:1000		Knock-out mouse, supplier
MAP-2	Mouse		Aves Labs #MAP		1:500		Labeling pattern as published with other antibodies
Neuroligin 2	Rabbit		Synaptic Systems #129 203		1:1000		Labeling pattern as published with other antibodies
Neuroligin 2	Guinea pig		Frontiers Science #Nlgn2-GP-Af760		1:250		Labeling pattern as published with other antibodies
NPY	Mouse		Sigma #WH0004852M1		1:1000		Labeling pattern as published with other antibodies
Parvalbumin	Mouse		Swant #235		1:5000		Knock-out mouse, supplier
Somatostatin	Mouse		GeneTex #GTX71935		1: 500		Labeling pattern as published with other antibodies
Secondary antibodies
Species			Fluorophore		Dilution		Source code
Donkey anti-rabbit			Alexa Fluor 488 carboxylic acid		1:1000		Life Technologies #A-21206
Donkey anti-goat			Cy3 bis-NHS ester		1:1000		Jackson ImmunoResearch #705-165-147
Donkey anti-mouse			Cy3 bis-NHS ester		1:1000		Jackson ImmunoResearch #715-165-151
Donkey anti-guinea pig			Alexa Fluor 647 carboxylic acid		1:500		Jackson ImmunoResearch #706-605-148
Donkey anti-goat			DyLight 649-TFP ester		1:500		Jackson ImmunoResearch #705-495-147
Donkey anti-mouse			DyLight 649-TFP ester		1:500		Jackson ImmunoResearch #715-495-151