[HTML][HTML] Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the brain: What is stimulated?–A consensus and critical position paper

HR Siebner, K Funke, AS Aberra, A Antal… - Clinical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Transcranial (electro) magnetic stimulation (TMS) is currently the method of choice to non-
invasively induce neural activity in the human brain. A single transcranial stimulus induces a …

[HTML][HTML] The guide to dendritic spikes of the mammalian cortex in vitro and in vivo

ME Larkum, J Wu, SA Duverdin, A Gidon - Neuroscience, 2022 - Elsevier
Half a century since their discovery by Llinás and colleagues, dendritic spikes have been
observed in various neurons in different brain regions, from the neocortex and cerebellum to …

A large fraction of neocortical myelin ensheathes axons of local inhibitory neurons

KD Micheva, D Wolman, BD Mensh, E Pax… - elife, 2016 - elifesciences.org
Myelin is best known for its role in increasing the conduction velocity and metabolic
efficiency of long-range excitatory axons. Accordingly, the myelin observed in neocortical …

Myelination synchronizes cortical oscillations by consolidating parvalbumin-mediated phasic inhibition

M Dubey, M Pascual-Garcia, K Helmes, DD Wever… - elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Abstract Parvalbumin-positive (PV+) γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) interneurons are critically
involved in producing rapid network oscillations and cortical microcircuit computations, but …

Homeostatic interferon-lambda response to bacterial microbiota stimulates preemptive antiviral defense within discrete pockets of intestinal epithelium

JA Van Winkle, ST Peterson, EA Kennedy… - elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Abstract Interferon-lambda (IFN-λ) protects intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) from enteric
viruses by inducing expression of antiviral IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs). Here, we find that …

Changes in the proportion of inhibitory interneuron types from sensory to executive areas of the primate neocortex: implications for the origins of working memory …

S Torres-Gomez, JD Blonde… - Cerebral …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Neuronal spiking activity encoding working memory (WM) is robust in primate association
cortices but weak or absent in early sensory cortices. This may be linked to changes in the …

Local and system mechanisms for action execution and observation in parietal and premotor cortices

CG Ferroni, D Albertini, M Lanzilotto, A Livi… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
The action observation network (AON) includes a system of brain areas largely shared with
action execution in both human and nonhuman primates. Yet temporal and tuning …

Large, stable spikes exhibit differential broadening in excitatory and inhibitory neocortical boutons

A Ritzau-Jost, T Tsintsadze, M Krueger, J Ader… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
Presynaptic action potential spikes control neurotransmitter release and thus interneuronal
communication. However, the properties and the dynamics of presynaptic spikes in the …

Reduced GABAergic neuron excitability, altered synaptic connectivity, and seizures in a KCNT1 gain-of-function mouse model of childhood epilepsy

AN Shore, S Colombo, WF Tobin, S Petri, ER Cullen… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Summary Gain-of-function (GOF) variants in K+ channels cause severe childhood
epilepsies, but there are no mechanisms to explain how increased K+ currents lead to …

A brief history of somatostatin interneuron taxonomy or: how many somatostatin subtypes are there, really?

A Agmon, AL Barth - Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 2024 - frontiersin.org
We provide a brief (and unabashedly biased) overview of the pre-transcriptomic history of
somatostatin interneuron taxonomy, followed by a chronological summary of the large-scale …