Differential Processing of Sensory Information by Cortical Inhibitory and Excitatory Neurons

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Excitatory and inhibitory neurons in the neocortex differentially process incoming sensory information by displaying distinct functional connectivity patterns. While excitatory neurons form specific connections between functionally similar neighbors, inhibitory neurons nonspecifically integrate neighboring neuronal activity. 
Check out the paper at http://www.cell.com/neuron/abstract/S0896-6273(15)00573-5.

B. Scholl, J.J. Pattadkal, G.A. Dilly, N.J. Priebe, B.V. Zemelman (2015). Local Integration Accounts for Weak Selectivity of Mouse Neocortical Parvalbumin Interneurons. Neuron 87(2).

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