What is the proportion of excitatory vs. inhibitory neurons in the feline thalamus? Is there a scientific reference on the numbers (or proportion) of excitatory and inhibitory neurons in the thalamus of the cat?
I found two articles:

Madarasz et.al. (1985)
GABA cells


27 % LGN
33 % Ventrobasal complex
25 % Antero-ventral nucleus


Penny et.al. (1983)
GAD-immuninoreactive neurons


30 % VentroPosterior



Madarász, M., Somogyi, G., Somogyi, J., &amp; Hamori, J. (1985). Numerical estimation of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-containing neurons in three thalamic nuclei of the cat: direct GABA immunocytochemistry. Neuroscience letters, 61(1), 73-78.
Penny, G. R., Fitzpatrick, D., Schmechel, D. E., &amp; Diamond, I. T. (1983). Glutamic acid decarboxylase-immunoreactive neurons and horseradish peroxidase-labeled projection neurons in the ventral posterior nucleus of the cat and Galago senegalensis. The Journal of Neuroscience, 3(9), 1868-1887.