The role of cell-type selective synaptic connections in rhythmic neuronal network activity in the hippocampus

Thesis

Structural and functional changes in the hippocampal neuronal network of the brain allow organisms to adapt to the environment. Such plasticity leads to the encoding of newly acquired information and the replacement or updating of stored knowledge by new experience. Information is carried by the output of active pyramidal cell assemblies during transient network oscillations. In the CA1 area, the activity of pyramidal cells is regulated by at least twenty-two distinct types of GABAergic in...

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Authors: Katona, L

• Publication date: 2014
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: Oxford University, UK
• Language: English
• Keywords: hippocampus; GABAergic interneuron; theta oscillations; sleep; sharp-wave associated ripple oscillations; oscillatory network states; synapse; cell type; neuronal firing; behaviour; gamma oscillations; GABA; pyramidal cell; inhibition
• Subjects: Neuroscience