title: Cortical circuits: finding balance in the brain.
abstract: Maintaining the right balance between excitation and inhibition is crucial to healthy brain function. A recent study has used optogenetics to show how quickly and effectively inhibition clamps down a novel burst of excitation in the neocortex.
authors.affiliation: MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Building 46, Room 5233, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. jsiegle@mit.edu
authors.forename: Joshua H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Siegle
authors.forename: Christopher I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D019706:Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007395:Interneurons / Q000502:physiology*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D019579:Neocortex / Q000502:physiology*; D009433:Neural Inhibition / Q000502:physiology*; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000502:physiology*