Differential depression at excitatory and inhibitory synapses in visual cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 4293-4304

  Varela, Juan A ^a   Song, Sen ^a   Turrigiano, Gina G ^a   Nelson, Sacha B ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast adaptation; Depression; EPSC; GABA; IPSC; Neocortex; Nonlinearity; Presynaptic; Temporal filtering; Temporal integration

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; DEPRESSION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0033153151     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-11-04293.1999     Document Type: Article

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