Asymmetric rostro-caudal inhibition in the primary olfactory cortex

作者：Luna Victor M; Pettit Diana L^*

来源：Nature Neuroscience, 2010, 13(5): 533-535.

DOI：10.1038/nn.2524

The importance of intracortical inhibitory circuits in setting the feature-selective spatial organization of primary sensory cortices remains controversial. To address this issue, we examined the strength of interneuron-to-pyramidal cell connections across the rat anterior piriform cortex (aPC) and found a pronounced gradient of increasing pyramidal cell inhibition along the aPC rostro-caudal axis. This functional heterogeneity could govern aPC spatial activation in response to varying odor identities and features.

• 出版日期2010-5