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ReviewNeural plasticity2016

The Current Status of Somatostatin-Interneurons in Inhibitory Control of Brain Function and Plasticity.

Isabelle Scheyltjens, Lutgarde Arckens

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Review in Neural plasticity, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Cortical Somatostatin Neurons Regulate Seizure Susceptibility via MINAR1/Gαs-cAMP Signaling.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  5. Cortical Somatostatin Innervation Follows a Unique Experience-Independent Developmental Trajectory.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026
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  8. The Somatostatin Pathway Projected from the Basal Forebrain to the Lateral Habenula Promotes Isoflurane Anesthesia Recovery.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  14. Cortical Inhibition, Plasticity, and Sleep.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Isabelle ScheyltjensLaboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-2260-2921
Lutgarde ArckensLaboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-2909-8449

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mammalian neocortex contains many distinct inhibitory neuronal populations to balance excitatory neurotransmission. A correct excitation/inhibition equilibrium is crucial for normal brain development, functioning, and controlling lifelong cortical plasticity. Knowledge about how the inhibitory network contributes to brain plasticity however remains incomplete. Somatostatin- (SST-) interneurons constitute a large neocortical subpopulation of interneurons, next to parvalbumin- (PV-) and vasoactive intestinal peptide- (VIP-) interneurons. Unlike the extensively studied PV-interneurons, acknowledged as key components in guiding ocular dominance plasticity, the contribution of SST-interneurons is less understood. Nevertheless, SST-interneurons are ideally situated within cortical networks to integrate unimodal or cross-modal sensory information processing and therefore likely to be important mediators of experience-dependent plasticity. The lack of knowledge on SST-interneurons partially relates to the wide variety of distinct subpopulations present in the sensory neocortex. This review informs on those SST-subpopulations hitherto described based on anatomical, molecular, or electrophysiological characteristics and whose functional roles can be attributed based on specific cortical wiring patterns. A possible role for these subpopulations in experience-dependent plasticity will be discussed, emphasizing on learning-induced plasticity and on unimodal and cross-modal plasticity upon sensory loss. This knowledge will ultimately contribute to guide brain plasticity into well-defined directions to restore sensory function and promote lifelong learning.

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AnimalsBrainHumansInterneuronsLearningNeocortexNeural InhibitionNeuronal PlasticitySomatostatinSomatostatin

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PMID27403348
PMCPMC4923604

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