Recent years have seen a growing interest in inhibitory interneurons and their circuits. A
striking property of cortical inhibition is how tightly it balances excitation. Inhibitory currents …

The sensory cortex contains a wide array of neuronal types, which are connected together
into complex but partially stereotyped circuits. Sensory stimuli trigger cascades of electrical …

Transcriptomics has revealed that cortical inhibitory neurons exhibit a great diversity of fine
molecular subtypes,,,,–, but it is not known whether these subtypes have correspondingly …

Structural rules underlying functional properties of cortical circuits are poorly understood. To
explore these rules systematically, we integrated information from extensive literature …

Cortical processing reflects the interplay of synaptic excitation and synaptic inhibition.
Rapidly accumulating evidence is highlighting the crucial role of inhibition in shaping …

Neurons and neural networks often extend hundreds of micrometers in three dimensions.
Capturing the calcium transients associated with their activity requires volume imaging …

Perineuronal nets (PNNs) are specialized extracellular matrix structures that surround
specific neurons in the brain and spinal cord, appear during critical periods of development …

Cross-modality interaction in sensory perception is advantageous for animals' survival. How
cortical sensory processing is cross-modally modulated and what are the underlying neural …

Different subtypes of GABAergic neurons in sensory cortex exhibit diverse morphology,
histochemical markers, and patterns of connectivity. These subtypes likely play distinct roles …

It has been postulated that homeostatic mechanisms maintain stable circuit function by
keeping neuronal firing within a set point range, but such firing rate homeostasis has never …