Different balance of excitation and inhibition in forward and feedback circuits of rat visual cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 7353-7365

  Shao, Zhengwei ^a   Burkhalter, Andreas ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

excitation; feedback circuit; forward circuit; inhibition; synaptic mechanisms; visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA IMAGE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0029800703     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-22-07353.1996     Document Type: Article

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