Main description:

This volume will explore the most recent findings on cellular mechanisms of inhibitory plasticity and its functional role in shaping neuronal circuits, their rewiring in response to experience, drug addiction and in neuropathology. Inhibitory Synaptic Plasticity will be of particular interest to neuroscientists and neurophysiologists.

Contents:

PART 1 - REFINEMENT
Chapter 1: The many faces of inhibitory plasticity: adding flexibility to cortical circuits throughout development
L. Wang, Arianna Maffei

Chapter 2: Long-term modification at inhibitory synapses in developing visual cortex
Yukio Komatsu, Yumiko Yoshimura

Chapter 3: Molecular Mechanism of Long-Term Plasticity at Cerebellar Inhibitory Synapses
Shin-ya Kawaguchi, Tomoo Hirano

Chapter 4: Inhibitory plasticity and auditory function
Robert Liu

PART 2 - ADDICTION
Chapter 5: VTA GABAergic Plasticity: An Inhibitory Synaptic Model of Drug Addiction
Fereshteh Nugent

Chapter 6: Midbrain Dopamine Neurons: Implications for the Development of Alcohol-Seeking Behaviors
John Theile, Rueben Gonzales, Richard Morrisett

PART 3 - PAIN AND INJURY
Chapter 7: Mechanisms of plasticity of inhibition in chronic pain conditions
Charalampos Labrakakis, Francesco Ferrini, Yves De Koninck

Chapter 8: Injury induced epileptogenesis: Contribution of active inhibition, disfacilitation and deafferentation to seizure induction in thalamocortical system
Igor Timofeev

Chapter 9: Cellular Mechanisms of Neuronal Cl- Homeostasis and its Modulation by Neuronal Injury
A.J. Moorhouse and J. Nabekura

PART 4 - LEARNING AND MEMORY
Chapter 10: Activity-Dependent Inhibitory Synaptic Plasticity Mediated by Chloride Regulation
Trevor Balena, Brooke A. Acton, Melanie A. Woodin

Chapter 11: Endocannabinoid mediated long-term depression at inhibitory synapses
Chiayu Q. Chiu, Pablo E. Castillo

Chapter 12: Inhibitory Synaptic Plasticity & Neurotrophins
Jean-Luc Gaiarsa, Nicola Kuczewski, Christophe Porcher