| Anchor 1 | 1 |
| Anchor 2 | 1 |
| Part_I.pdf | 10 |
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| Pallas_Ch01.pdf | 11 |
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| Chapter 1 | 11 |
| Introduction | 11 |
| 1.1 Hemifield Neglect? | 11 |
| 1.2 “Inhibition” is Excitatory Early in Development | 12 |
| 1.3 Mechanisms of Inhibitory Plasticity are Highly Diverse | 12 |
| 1.3.1 Co-Transmitters | 13 |
| 1.3.2 Changes in Receptor Subunit Composition | 13 |
| 1.3.3 DSI | 13 |
| 1.3.4 Inhibitory STDP | 14 |
| 1.3.5 Receptor Trafficking | 14 |
| 1.4 Homeostatic Plasticity | 14 |
| 1.5 Critical Periods | 15 |
| 1.6 Old Dogs and New Tricks: Adult Plasticity and Aging | 15 |
| 1.7 Conclusions and Future Directions | 16 |
| References | 18 |
| Pallas_Ch02.pdf | 21 |
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| Chapter 2 | 21 |
| The Origins and Specification of Cortical Interneurons | 21 |
| 2.1 Introduction | 21 |
| 2.2 Origins of Cortical Interneurons | 21 |
| 2.2.1 Medial Ganglionic Eminence | 22 |
| 2.2.2 Caudal Ganglionic Eminence | 23 |
| 2.2.3 Lateral Ganglionic Eminence | 24 |
| 2.2.4 Rostral Migratory Stream | 24 |
| 2.2.5 Septal Region | 25 |
| 2.2.6 Cortex | 25 |
| 2.3 Birthdating of Cortical Interneurons | 26 |
| 2.4 Specification of Cortical Interneurons | 26 |
| 2.4.1 Generation of Interneuron Diversity Within the MGE | 28 |
| References | 30 |
| Pallas_Ch03.pdf | 35 |
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| Chapter 3 | 35 |
| Role of Spontaneous Activity in the Maturation of GABAergic Synapses in Embryonic Spinal Circuits | 35 |
| References | 45 |
| Part_II.pdf | 48 |
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| Pallas_Ch04.pdf | 49 |
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| Chapter 4 | 49 |
| Regulation of Inhibitory Synapse Function in the Developing Auditory CNS | 49 |
| 4.1 Spontaneous and Sound-Evoked Activity During Development | 50 |
| 4.2 Perturbation of Auditory System Activity Alters Inhibition | 51 |
| 4.3 Developmental Regulation of Inhibitory Synapses in the Lateral Superior Olive | 52 |
| 4.4 Developmental Regulation of Inhibitory Synapse Gain in the Inferior Colliculus | 56 |
| 4.5 Developmental Regulation of Inhibitory Synapse Gain in the Auditory Cortex | 59 |
| 4.6 Summary | 62 |
| 4.6.1 Heirarchical Modification of Inhibitory Function | 64 |
| 4.6.2 Cellular Mechanisms that Regulate Inhibitory Gain | 65 |
| 4.6.3 Effect of Inhibitory Gain on Auditory Processing | 66 |
| References | 68 |
| Pallas_Ch05.pdf | 76 |
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| Chapter 5 | 76 |
| Developmental Plasticity of Inhibitory Receptive Field Properties in the Auditory and Visual Systems | 76 |
| 5.1 Introduction | 76 |
| 5.1.1 Inhibitory Plasticity in the Hamster Superior Colliculus | 77 |
| 5.1.2 Surround Inhibition Shapes Velocity Tuning in the SC | 77 |
| 5.1.3 Effects of Modifying Retinocollicular Convergence on Surround Inhibition During Development | 79 |
| 5.1.4 Surround Inhibition Plays a Larger Role in Velocity Tuning After Chronic NMDAR Blockade | 81 |
| 5.1.5 Plasticity of Inhibition Underlying Vocalization Selectivity in the Auditory Cortex | 81 |
| 5.1.6 Asymmetries in Sideband Inhibition Shape FM Rate and Direction Selectivity in Adults | 83 |
| 5.1.7 Developmental Plasticity of Inhibition Underlying FM Rate and Direction Selectivity | 83 |
| 5.1.8 Experience-Dependent Plasticity of Inhibition Shaping Rate and Direction Selectivity | 84 |
| 5.1.9 Normal Experience is Required for the Maintenance of FM Rate Selectivity and HFI | 84 |
| 5.1.10 Experience is Required for Development and Maintenance of Direction Selectivity and LFI | 85 |
| 5.2 Discussion | 86 |
| 5.2.1 The Contribution of Surround Inhibition to RF Properties Across Sensory Systems | 86 |
| 5.2.2 Previous Studies on the Role of Inhibitory Plasticity in the Development of Response Selectivity | 87 |
| 5.2.3 Homeostatic Plasticity of Inhibition: Beyond Response Magnitude Stability | 88 |
| 5.2.4 Possible Synaptic Mechanisms of Plasticity in Strength and Timing of Inhibition | 89 |
| 5.2.5 Role of Experience During Development: Maintenance Versus Refinement | 90 |
| 5.2.6 Future Directions | 91 |
| References | 91 |
| Pallas_Ch06.pdf | 95 |
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| Chapter 6 | 95 |
| Postnatal Maturation and Experience-Dependent Plasticity of Inhibitory Circuits in Barrel Cortex | 95 |
| 6.1 Postnatal Maturation and Plasticity of Electrical Properties of Interneurons in the Barrel Cortex | 96 |
| 6.1.1 Postnatal Maturation of Electrical Properties in Neocortical Interneurons | 96 |
| 6.1.1.1 Maturation of FS and RS-Type Firing Phenotypes | 97 |
| 6.1.1.2 Maturation of BS or LTS Firing Phenotypes | 99 |
| 6.1.2 Increases in Dendritic Gap Junction (GJ) Coupling During Postnatal Maturation | 99 |
| 6.1.3 Experience-Dependent Maturation of Electrophysiological Properties of Inhibitory Interneurons | 99 |
| 6.2 Postnatal Maturation of Intracortical Inhibitory Synaptic Transmission in the Barrel Cortex | 100 |
| 6.2.1 Early Postnatal Development of the GABA System and its Role in Circuit Formation in the Barrel Cortex | 100 |
| 6.2.1.1 Synthetic Enzymes for GABA Exhibit Different Expression Patterns | 100 |
| 6.2.1.2 GABA-Mediated Synaptic Transmission in the Early Postnatal Period | 101 |
| 6.2.2 Late Postnatal and Experience-Dependent Maturation of Inhibitory Circuits in the Barrel Cortex | 102 |
| 6.2.2.1 Presynaptic Maturation | 102 |
| 6.2.2.2 Postsynaptic maturation | 102 |
| 6.2.2.3 Experience-Dependent Postnatal Maturation | 102 |
| 6.2.3 Interneurons involved in sensory feed-forward inhibition in the barrel cortex and the consequences of their functional | 103 |
| 6.3 Does the Maturation of Neocortical Inhibitory Networks Proceed in an Activity-Dependent Manner or Independently of Sensor | 104 |
| 6.3.1 Experience-Dependent Plasticity of GABAergic Circuits in the Barrel Cortex | 104 |
| 6.3.1.1 Sensory Deprivation (Whisker-Trimming) | 104 |
| 6.3.1.2 Whisker Stimulation | 107 |
| 6.3.2 Activity-Independent Maturation and Plasticity of GABAergic Circuits | 107 |
| 6.4 Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Experience-Dependent Plasticity of Inhibitory Circuits in the Barrel Cortex | 108 |
| 6.4.1 The Roles of Metabotropic and Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors | 108 |
| 6.4.1.1 N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptors (NMDARs) | 108 |
| 6.4.1.2 Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors (mGluRs) | 109 |
| 6.4.2 Transcriptional Factors and Maturation of Inhibitory Circuits | 109 |
| 6.4.3 The Roles of GABA and GAD | 110 |
| 6.5 Concluding Remarks<
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