Differential connectivity and response dynamics of excitatory and inhibitory neurons in visual cortex

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1045-1052

  Hofer, Sonja B ^a   Ko, Ho ^a   Pichler, Bruno ^a,e   Vogelstein, Joshua ^b   Ros, Hana ^a   Zeng, Hongkui ^c   Lein, Ed ^c   Lesica, Nicholas A ^d   Mrsic Flogel, Thomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN SCIENCE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNEURON; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARVALBUMINS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SYNAPSES; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 79960836272     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.2876     Document Type: Article

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