Inhibitory interneurons comprise a diverse subpopulation of cells that are critical to circuit function. How distinct inhibitory microcircuits control long-range projections remains poorly understood. A recent study by Lu and colleagues uncovered a unidirectional microcircuit of prefrontal chandelier cells that preferentially innervate and suppress long-range amygdala-projecting pyramidal cells. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Thomas F Giustino, Stephen Maren. Chandelier Cells Illuminate Inhibitory Control of Prefrontal-Amygdala Outputs. Trends in neurosciences. 2017 Nov;40(11):640-642
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