Ventral tegmental area activation promotes firing precision and strength through circuit inhibition in the primary auditory cortex

Ventral tegmental area activation promotes firing precision and strength through circuit inhibition in the primary auditory cortex

The activation of the ventral tegmental area (VTA) can rebuild the tonotopic representation in the primary auditory cortex (A1), but the cellular mechanisms remain largely unknown. Here, we investigated the firing patterns and membrane potential dynamics of neurons in A1 under the influence of VTA a...

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Main Authors: Yunxiao eLou, Wenzhi eLuo, Guangwei eZhang, Can eTao, Penghui eChen, Yi eZhou, Ying eXiong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Neural Circuits
Subjects:
Auditory Cortex
inhibition
VTA
in-vivo
intracellular
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncir.2014.00025/full

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