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Branch logic: Dendritic computations diversify inhibition
Sabine Rannio1, Shawniya Alageswaran1, P Jesper Sjöström2
1Centre for Research in Neuroscience (CRN), Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada; The Brain Repair and Integrative Neuroscience (BRaIN) Program, The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada; Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.
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Long known for different circuit roles, parvalbumin and somatostatin interneurons are shown by Morabito et al.,1 in this issue of Neuron, to differ in dendritic integration strategies. This cell-type-specific branch logic-sublinear versus supralinear-arises from synapse location and composition, shaping inhibitory timing in the cortex.
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