Inhibition Acts Globally to Shape Olfactory Cortical Tuning
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Lateral inhibition between near-neighbor neurons has long been thought to be important for narrowing the receptive fields of neurons in many sensory systems. A new study by Poo and Isaacson in this issue of Neuron examining olfactory processing finds that "global" inhibition within the primary olfactory cortex might accomplish a similar end.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Neuron
دوره 62 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009