Based on passive cable theory, an increase in membrane conductance produces a
decrease in the membrane time constant and input resistance. Unlike the classical leak …

In vertebrates, advanced cognitive abilities are typically associated with the telencephalic
pallium. In mammals, the pallium is a layered mixture of excitatory and inhibitory neuronal …

The underlying mechanisms that promote precise spiking in upper motor neurons controlling
fine motor skills are not well understood. Here we report that projection neurons in the adult …

Sensory neurons parse millisecond-variant sound streams like birdsong and speech with
exquisite precision. The auditory pallial cortex of vocal learners like humans and songbirds …

Background Chronic pain is one of the disorders that cost any society high expenses. The
major mechanisms responsible for the conversion of pain from acute to chronic are still …

The caudal mesopallium (CM) is a cortical-level area in the songbird auditory pathway
where selective, invariant responses to familiar songs emerge. To characterize the cell types …

Neuronal subthreshold voltage-dependent currents determine membrane properties such
as the input resistance (R in) and the membrane time constant (τ m) in the subthreshold …

Our understanding of the role of new neurons in learning and encoding new information has
been largely based on studies of new neurons in the mammalian dentate gyrus and …

In a neuronal population, several combinations of its ionic conductances are used to attain a
specific firing phenotype. Some neurons present heterogeneity in their firing, generally …

The dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN) in the auditory brainstem integrates auditory and
somatosensory information. Mature DCN fusiform neurons fall into two qualitatively distinct …