Disinhibition mediates a form of hippocampal long-term potentiation in area CA1.
The hippocampus plays a central role in memory formation in the mammalian brain. Its ability to encode information is thought to depend on the plasticity of synaptic connections between neurons. In the pyramidal neurons constituting the primary hippocampal output to the cortex, located in area CA1,...
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Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2009-09-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2746290?pdf=render |