| Literature DB >> 17478724 |
Ming Ren1, Yumiko Yoshimura, Naoki Takada, Shoko Horibe, Yukio Komatsu.
Abstract
We found that, in the mouse visual cortex, action potentials generated in a single layer-2/3 pyramidal (excitatory) neuron can reliably evoke large, constant-latency inhibitory postsynaptic currents in other nearby pyramidal cells. This effect is mediated by axo-axonic ionotropic glutamate receptor-mediated excitation of the nerve terminals of inhibitory interneurons, which connect to the target pyramidal cells. Therefore, individual cortical excitatory neurons can generate inhibition independently from the somatic firing of inhibitory interneurons.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17478724 DOI: 10.1126/science.1135468
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728