Plasticity of Cortical Excitatory-Inhibitory Balance

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 38, Issue , 2015, Pages 195-219

  Froemke, Robert C ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Inhibition; Neuromodulation; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NORADRENALIN; OXYTOCIN; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; CORTICAL EXCITATORY INHIBITORY BALANCE; EXCITATORY PLASTICITY; HETEROSYNAPTIC PLASTICITY; HUMAN; INHIBITORY PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; ANIMAL; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS;

EID: 84937410695     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: 15454126     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-neuro-071714-034002     Document Type: Article

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