inhibitory input
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinhibitoryandinput
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inhibitory
adjective
uk/ɪnˈhɪb.ɪ.tər.i/us/ɪnˈhɪb.ɪ.tɔːr.i/
medical,biologyspecialized
with the effect or function of inhibiting (= stopping or slowing down) ...
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input
noun
uk/ˈɪn.pʊt/us/ˈɪn.pʊt/
something such as energy, money, or information that is put into a system, organization, or machine so that it ...
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(Definition ofinhibitoryandinputfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Increasing the size of a spot within the receptive-field center of the relay cell will thus result both in enhanced excitatory andinhibitoryinput.
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Each figure shows the effect of excitatory (feedback) input alone,inhibitoryinputalone, and the net effect of combined excitation and inhibition.
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Thisinhibitoryinputmay also be disinhibited by the pretecto-geniculate projection during saccades.
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A shuntinginhibitoryinputcan reduce the effects of an excitatory input, but not hyperpolarize the cell.
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Repolarization occurs when inhibition gets weaker due to declining retinal input rate or adaptation of theinhibitoryinput.
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Thus, meiotic resumption must be induced by a positive cumulus cell signal rather than by simple removal ofinhibitoryinput.
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This implies that theinhibitoryinputcomes primarily from other simple cells.
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This, in turn, will be reflected back as aninhibitoryinputto relay cells.
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Several models for how theinhibitoryinputto relay cells is organized spatially have been suggested in the literature.
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Now consider a cell which receives excitatory input from one andinhibitoryinputfrom the other.
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First, the activity of the axon terminal increases sharply when theinhibitoryinputis blocked with bicuculline although no specific stimulus was applied to the retinal tissue.
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Increasing the excitation to a given amacrine cell type produced a corresponding increase in itsinhibitoryinput, thereby driving the system back toward the resting equilibrium.
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Recent studies have demonstrated that electrical stimulation of nerves leads toinhibitoryinputto the pain pathways at the spinal cord level.
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A pathway may also be inhibited byinhibitoryinput.
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The spatial summation of aninhibitoryinputwill nullify an excitatory input.
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This leads to a reduction of synaptic efficacy at excitatory and inhibitory inputs through the activation of presynaptic metabotropic glutamate receptors.
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Solid lines, stipulatory inputs; dotted lines, inhibitory inputs.
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In vivo, the visual stimulus activates inputs over a much wider area, including both the direct excitatory input and lateral inhibitory inputs.
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