Nucleus basalis-enabled stimulus-specific plasticity in the visual cortex is mediated by astrocytes

Although cholinergic innervation of the cortex by the nucleus basalis (NB) is known to modulate cortical neuronal responses and instruct cortical plasticity, little is known about the underlying cellular mechanisms. Using cell-attached recordings in vivo, we demonstrate that electrical stimulation o...

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Main Authors: Chen, Naiyan, Sugihara, Hiroki, Sharma, Jitendra, Perea Parrilla, Gertrudis, Petravicz, Jeremy C., Le, Chuong N., Sur, Mriganka
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computational and Systems Biology Program
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76766
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2442-5671