title: Inhibitory neurons: vip cells hit the brake on inhibition.
abstract: Recent studies on vasoactive intestinal peptide-expressing inhibitory neurons in the barrel and auditory cortices of the mouse brain have shown that they form a disinhibitory circuitry that affects the excitability of pyramidal neurons.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Center for Neural Circuits and Behavior, Neurobiology Section and Department of Neuroscience, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0634, USA. Electronic address: cpfeffer10@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Carsten K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Pfeffer
mesh_terms: D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007395:Interneurons / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology*; D009433:Neural Inhibition / Q000502:physiology*; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000166:cytology*