Inhibition to excitation ratio regulates visual system responses and behavior in vivo

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2285-2302

  Shen, Wanhua ^a   McKeown, Caroline R ^a   Demas, James A ^a   Cline, Hollis T ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid; Avoidance behavior; Excitability; First spike latency; GABA A receptor; Homeostasis; Receptive field; Retinotectal; Synaptic transmission; Temporal precision; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR GAMMA2; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; BENZODIAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; IN VIVO STUDY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; SPIKE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIAZEPAM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; LARVA; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL FIELDS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 80755130176     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00641.2011     Document Type: Article

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