--- _id: '3811' abstract: - lang: eng text: Networks of GABAergic neurons are key elements in the generation of gamma oscillations in the brain. Computational studies suggested that the emergence of coherent oscillations requires hyperpolarizing inhibition. Here, we show that GABA(A) receptor-mediated inhibition in mature interneurons of the hippocampal dentate gyrus is shunting rather than hyperpolarizing. Unexpectedly, when shunting inhibition is incorporated into a structured interneuron network model with fast and strong synapses, coherent oscillations emerge. In comparison to hyperpolarizing inhibition, networks with shunting inhibition show several advantages. First, oscillations are generated with smaller tonic excitatory drive. Second, network frequencies are tuned to the gamma band. Finally, robustness against heterogeneity in the excitatory drive is markedly improved. In single interneurons, shunting inhibition shortens the interspike interval for low levels of drive but prolongs it for high levels, leading to homogenization of neuronal firing rates. Thus, shunting inhibition may confer increased robustness to gamma oscillations in the brain. author: - first_name: Imre full_name: Vida, Imre last_name: Vida - first_name: Marlene full_name: Bartos, Marlene last_name: Bartos - first_name: Peter M full_name: Peter Jonas id: 353C1B58-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Jonas orcid: 0000-0001-5001-4804 citation: ama: Vida I, Bartos M, Jonas PM. Shunting inhibition improves robustness of gamma oscillations in hippocampal interneuron networks by homogenizing firing rates. Neuron. 2006;49(1):107-117. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2005.11.036 apa: Vida, I., Bartos, M., & Jonas, P. M. (2006). Shunting inhibition improves robustness of gamma oscillations in hippocampal interneuron networks by homogenizing firing rates. Neuron. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2005.11.036 chicago: Vida, Imre, Marlene Bartos, and Peter M Jonas. “Shunting Inhibition Improves Robustness of Gamma Oscillations in Hippocampal Interneuron Networks by Homogenizing Firing Rates.” Neuron. Elsevier, 2006. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2005.11.036. ieee: I. Vida, M. Bartos, and P. M. Jonas, “Shunting inhibition improves robustness of gamma oscillations in hippocampal interneuron networks by homogenizing firing rates,” Neuron, vol. 49, no. 1. Elsevier, pp. 107–17, 2006. ista: Vida I, Bartos M, Jonas PM. 2006. Shunting inhibition improves robustness of gamma oscillations in hippocampal interneuron networks by homogenizing firing rates. Neuron. 49(1), 107–17. mla: Vida, Imre, et al. “Shunting Inhibition Improves Robustness of Gamma Oscillations in Hippocampal Interneuron Networks by Homogenizing Firing Rates.” Neuron, vol. 49, no. 1, Elsevier, 2006, pp. 107–17, doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2005.11.036. short: I. Vida, M. Bartos, P.M. Jonas, Neuron 49 (2006) 107–17. date_created: 2018-12-11T12:05:18Z date_published: 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2021-01-12T07:52:22Z day: '01' doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2005.11.036 extern: 1 intvolume: ' 49' issue: '1' month: '01' page: 107 - 17 publication: Neuron publication_status: published publisher: Elsevier publist_id: '2398' quality_controlled: 0 status: public title: Shunting inhibition improves robustness of gamma oscillations in hippocampal interneuron networks by homogenizing firing rates type: journal_article volume: 49 year: '2006' ...