title: Does arousal enhance apical amplification and disamplification?
abstract: We summarize evidence that input to the apical tufts of neocortical pyramidal cells modulates their response to basal input. Because this apical amplification and disamplification provide intracortical mechanisms for prioritization, Mather and colleagues' arguments suggest that their effects are enhanced by noradrenergic arousal. Though that is likely, it has not yet been adequately studied. Their article shows that it should be.
authors.affiliation: Neurocure Cluster of Excellence,Department of Biology,Humboldt University,10117 Berlin,Germanymatthew.larkum@gmail.com.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Larkum
authors.affiliation: Division of Psychology,School of Natural Sciences,University of Stirling,Stirling FK9 4LA,Scotland,United Kingdomwap1@stir.ac.uk.
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D001143:Arousal; D003712:Dendrites; D006801:Humans; D017966:Pyramidal Cells / Q000502:physiology*