Prefrontal cortical ChAT-VIP interneurons provide local excitation by cholinergic synaptic transmission and control attention
Joshua Obermayer, Antonio Luchicchi, Tim S. Heistek, Sybren F. de Kloet, Huub Terra, Bastiaan Bruinsma, Ouissame Mnie‐Filali, Christian Kortleven, Anna A. Galakhova, Ayoub J. Khalil, Tim Kroon, Allert J. Jonker, Roel de Haan, Wilma D. J. van de Berg, Natalia A. Goriounova, , Huibert D. Mansvelder
The paper identifies ChAT-VIP interneurons in the medial prefrontal cortex that use cholinergic transmission to excite neurons and influence attention.
Nature Communications · Nov 21, 2019Peer-reviewedNeuroscience