Layer 4 fast-spiking interneurons filter thalamocortical signals during active somatosensation

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1647-1657

  Yu, Jianing ^a   Gutnisky, Diego A ^a   Hires, S Andrew ^a,b   Svoboda, Karel ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; DYNAMICS; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; LAYER 4 FAST SPIKING INTERNEURON; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROELECTRODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPIKE; TACTILE STIMULATION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VENTRAL POSTEROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; VIBRISSA; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE TRACT; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MOVEMENT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS; TOUCH; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 84991721096     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.4412     Document Type: Article

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