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2 claims from 1 paper

  1. Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function

    Feedback Inhibition Enables Theta-Nested Gamma Oscillations and Grid Firing Fields

    Pastoll, Solanka, van Rossum and Nolan · Neuron · 2013

    Optogenetic theta-frequency drive to entorhinal layer II generated nested gamma oscillations, and network models suggest feedback inhibition lets these coexist with attractor states producing grid firing fields.

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    1. UncheckedTheta-driven gamma oscillations in layer II of the medial entorhinal cortex resemble those seen in exploration, arise from local feedback inhibition, and look clock-like.“These nested gamma oscillations closely resemble activity during spatial exploration, are generated by local feedback inhibition without recurrent excitation, and have clock-like features suitable as reference signals for multiplexing temporal codes within rate-coded grid firing fields.”
    2. UncheckedThe paper's results indicate that grid cells in the entorhinal cortex communicate mainly through inhibitory interneurons rather than directly with each other.“These results indicate that grid cells communicate primarily via inhibitory interneurons.”

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