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MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY
Volume 36, Issue 2, Pages 184-200Publisher
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DOI: 10.1007/s12035-007-0032-z
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memory function; neuromodulation; learning; acetylcholine; metabotropic glutamate receptors; presynaptic inhibition
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- NIDA NIH HHS [DA16454] Funding Source: Medline
- NIMH NIH HHS [MH71750, MH60013] Funding Source: Medline
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Substances such as acetylcholine and glutamate act as both neurotransmitters and neuromodulators. As neuromodulators, they change neural information processing by regulating synaptic transmitter release, altering baseline membrane potential and spiking activity, and modifying long-term synaptic plasticity. Slice physiology research has demonstrated that many neuromodulators differentially modulate afferent, incoming information compared to intrinsic and recurrent processing in cortical structures such as piriform cortex, neocortex, and the hippocampus. The enhancement of afferent (external) pathways versus the suppression at recurrent (internal) pathways could cause cortical dynamics to switch between a predominant influence of external stimulation to a predominant influence of internal recall. Modulation of afferent versus intrinsic processing could contribute to the role of neuromodulators in regulating attention, learning, and memory effects in behavior.
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