Differential Regulation of Neocortical Synapses by Neuromodulators and Activity
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Differential Regulation of Neocortical Synapses by Neuromodulators and Activity
Synapses are continually regulated by chemical modulators and by their own activity. We tested the specificity of regulation in two excitatory pathways of the neocortex: thalamocortical (TC) synapses, which mediate specific inputs, and intracortical (IC) synapses, which mediate the recombination of cortical information. Frequency-sensitive depression was much stronger in TC synapses than in IC ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neuron
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0896-6273
DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(00)80380-3