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Mapping out hippocampal inhibition

A synthesis of opto- and pharmacogenetics is beginning to reveal how various interneuron types direct incoming traffic in the hippocampus to help create a map of the environment.

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Figure 1: Dendritic and perisomatic inhibition differentially modulate I-O relationships in CA1 pyramidal cells.

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Oren, I., Kullmann, D. Mapping out hippocampal inhibition. Nat Neurosci 15, 346–347 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.3056

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