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. 2011 Jul 19;6(7):e21928. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021928

Figure 5. Mechanism of local field potential generation in vitro.

Figure 5

(A) Granule cell (GrC) responses generated by combining the input from 1 to 4 mossy fibers with inhibition from 0 to 4 Golgi cells (GoC). This gives rise to 20 fundamental combinations. Excitation and inhibition consist of a single pulse, with inhibition occurring 4 ms after the beginning of excitation. N2a is generated by the first and N2b by the second spike in a doublet. Schematics of the circuit are shown at the top. (B) The LFP in vitro is generated by jittered convolution of different responses in a 600 granule cell cluster, four of which are shown at the top. (C) The LFP control by synaptic receptors accounts for experimental observations: N2b, but not N2a, is increased by GABA-A receptor switch-off and reduced by subsequent NMDA receptor switch-off.