Modulation of inhibitory synapses in the mammalian brain.
Recent studies have identified new forms of short-term and long-term modulation at inhibitory synapses. In cerebellum and hippocampus, a transient inhibition of synaptic efficacy has been found to involve a Ca(2+)-dependent retrograde messenger. Exciting results from work in the visual cortex suggest that forms of both long-term potentiation and long-term depression occur in cortical inhibitory synapses.
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Laboratory of Cellular Neurobiology, Max-Planck-Institute für Biophysikalische Chemie, Göttingen, Germany.
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D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000502:physiology*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology*; D017774:Long-Term Potentiation / Q000502:physiology; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology*; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology
D002118:Calcium