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Paul Tiesinga1, Terrence J Sejnowski.
Abstract
The response of a neuron to sensory stimuli can only give correlational support for functional hypotheses. To experimentally test causal function, the neural activity needs to be manipulated in a cell-type-specific as well as spatially and temporally precise way. We review recent optogenetic experiments on parvalbumin-positive cortical interneurons that link modeling studies of synchronization to experimental studies on attentional modulation of gamma oscillations in primates.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19778503 PMCID: PMC2778762 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.09.009
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neuron ISSN: 0896-6273 Impact factor: 17.173