Dendrite-targeting interneurons control synaptic NMDA-receptor activation via nonlinear α5-GABAA receptors

Somatostatin+ (SOM+ ) GABAergic interneurons are known to fine-tune synaptic plasticity as they inhibit dendritic spikes and burst firing. Here, the authors show that both SOM+ and NOS+ interneurons preferentially recruit nonlinear outward-rectifying GABA(A)R with alpha5 subunit, and that this inhib...

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Main Authors: Jan M. Schulz, Frederic Knoflach, Maria-Clemencia Hernandez, Josef Bischofberger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06004-8