Inhibitory plasticity in auditory cortex.
Arguably the most important property of neuronal circuits in general, and of cortical circuits in particular, is plasticity--the ability to change in response to past experience. While many studies of plasticity emphasize changes in excitatory transmission, in this issue of Neuron, Galindo-Leon et al. demonstrate the important role that increased inhibition may play in shaping cortical responses to behaviorally relevant stimuli.
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Department of Neurobiology, The Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University, Edmond Safra Campus - Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel. israel@cc.huji.ac.il
D000818:Animals; D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D009433:Neural Inhibition / Q000502:physiology*; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology*