Control of cortical GABA circuitry development by Nrg1 and ErbB4 signalling

Pietro Fazzari, Ana V. Paternain, Manuel Valiente, Ramón Pla, Rafael Luján, Kent Lloyd, Juan Lerma, Oscar Marín & Beatriz Rico

Schizophrenia is a complex disorder that interferes with the function of several brain systems required for cognition and normal social behaviour. Although the most notable clinical aspects of the disease only become apparent during . . . → Read More: Control of cortical GABA circuitry development by Nrg1 and ErbB4 signalling

Dendritic organization of sensory input to cortical neurons in vivo

Hongbo Jia, Nathalie L. Rochefort, Xiaowei Chen & Arthur Konnerth

In sensory cortex regions, neurons are tuned to specific stimulus features. For example, in the visual cortex, many neurons fire predominantly in response to moving objects of a preferred orientation. However, the characteristics of the synaptic input that cortical neurons receive to generate . . . → Read More: Dendritic organization of sensory input to cortical neurons in vivo