An acetylcholine-activated microcircuit drives temporal dynamics of cortical activity

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 892-902

  Chen, Naiyan ^a,b   Sugihara, Hiroki ^a   Sur, Mriganka ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; PARVALBUMIN; SOMATOSTATIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; EVOKED RESPONSE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DRUG EFFECTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; OPTOGENETICS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PARVALBUMINS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SOMATOSTATIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84929960273     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.4002     Document Type: Article

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