Do gating mechanisms in the neocortex have individual degrees for all gated connections? For example, the upward connection between layers in the neocortex flows through the thalamus which is assumed to have a gating function.

I wonder whether there is a single value per gate, determining the degree to which patterns can pass. Or can the gate be different for different synapses or signals at the same time? In this case, there would be more like a vector of degrees for all individual synapses of the gated nerve cord.

Is there anything known about this?
A paper just came out last week in Neuron demonstrating dendrite-specific gating:
http://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(16)00054-4?elsca1=etoc&amp;elsca2=email&amp;elsca3=0896-6273_20160302_89_5_&amp;elsca4=Cell%20Press
Structured Dendritic Inhibition Supports Branch-Selective Integration in CA1 Pyramidal Cells
Erik B. Bloss, Mark S. Cembrowski, Bill Karsh, Jennifer Colonell, Richard D. Fetter, Nelson Spruston
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2016.01.029