Key Resources Table

Reagent type (species) or resource	Designation	Source or reference	Identifiers	Additional information
Strain, strain background (Rattus norvegicus)	Parvalbumin-Cre on a Long-Evans background	Rat Resource and Research Center	RRID:RRRC_00773	Male and Female
Recombinant DNA reagent	AAV5-hSyn-hChR2(H134R)-EYFP	Addgene	RRID:Addgene_26973 Cat#:26973-AAV5
Recombinant DNA reagent	AAV2-hSyn-DIO-mCherry	Addgene	RRID:Addgene_50459 Cat#:50459-AAV2
chemical compound, drug	λ-Carrageenan (Low-viscosity)	Tokyo Chemical Industry	Cat#:C2871 CAS#:9064-57-7
chemical compound, drug	Picrotoxin	Ascent Scientific	Cat#:ASC-315 CAS#:124-87-8
chemical compound, drug	Kynurenic acid sodium salt	Hello Bio	Cat#:HB0363 CAS#:2439-02-3
chemical compound, drug	Tetrodotoxin (citrate)	Cayman Chemical	Cat#:14964 CAS#:18660-81-6
chemical compound, drug	4-Aminopyridine	Sigma-Aldrich	Cat#:A78403 CAS#:504-24-5
chemical compound, drug	DL-APV	Cayman Chemical	Cat#:14540 CAS#:76326-31-3
software, algorithm	Axograph X	Axograph	RRID:SCR_014284
software, algorithm	Stata 15.1	StataCorp	RRID:SCR_012763
other	Green Retrobeads IX	Lumafluor