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Synthesis and removal of trichloroethylidene derivatives of carbohydrates. Carbohydr Res 2022; 515:108545. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2022.108545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2022] [Revised: 03/23/2022] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Sorrenti V, Cecchetto C, Maschietto M, Fortinguerra S, Buriani A, Vassanelli S. Understanding the Effects of Anesthesia on Cortical Electrophysiological Recordings: A Scoping Review. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:1286. [PMID: 33525470 PMCID: PMC7865872 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22031286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2020] [Revised: 01/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
General anesthesia in animal experiments is an ethical must and is required for all the procedures that are likely to cause more than slight or momentary pain. As anesthetics are known to deeply affect experimental findings, including electrophysiological recordings of brain activity, understanding their mechanism of action is of paramount importance. It is widely recognized that the depth and type of anesthesia introduce significant bias in electrophysiological measurements by affecting the shape of both spontaneous and evoked signals, e.g., modifying their latency and relative amplitude. Therefore, for a given experimental protocol, it is relevant to identify the appropriate anesthetic, to minimize the impact on neuronal circuits and related signals under investigation. This review focuses on the effect of different anesthetics on cortical electrical recordings, examining their molecular mechanisms of action, their influence on neuronal microcircuits and, consequently, their impact on cortical measurements.
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- Vincenzo Sorrenti
- Department of Pharmaceutical & Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
- Maria Paola Belloni Center for Personalized Medicine, Data Medica Group (Synlab Limited), 35100 Padova, Italy;
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- Optical Neuroimaging Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan;
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Physiology, University of Padova, via F. Marzolo 3, 35131 Padova, Italy;
- Padua Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, via Orus 2/B, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Physiology, University of Padova, via F. Marzolo 3, 35131 Padova, Italy;
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- Maria Paola Belloni Center for Personalized Medicine, Data Medica Group (Synlab Limited), 35100 Padova, Italy;
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Physiology, University of Padova, via F. Marzolo 3, 35131 Padova, Italy;
- Padua Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, via Orus 2/B, 35131 Padova, Italy
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Hama N, Kawai M, Ito SI, Hirota A. Optical Analysis of Acute Changes after Peripheral Nerve Injury in Spatio-Temporal Pattern of Neural Response to Forelimb Stimulation in Rat Somatosensory Cortex. Neuroscience 2020; 448:85-93. [PMID: 32941935 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Revised: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
Peripheral nerve injury induces functional reorganization of the central nervous system. The mechanisms underlying this reorganization have been widely studied. Our previous study involving multiple-site optical recording reported that a neural excitatory wave induced by somatic stimulation begins in a small area and propagates in the cortex. In the present study, to examine the possible role of this propagation wave in cortical reorganization, we analyzed the early changes in the spatio-temporal pattern of the sensory-evoked wave immediately, and 30 min, after nerve injury. The response to hypothenar stimulation, innervated by the ulnar nerve and adjoining the median nerve area, persisted after injury to either the ulnar or median nerve. Initially, we assessed changes in the response pattern at the focus. The latency increased after ulnar nerve injury, whereas no change was observed after median nerve injury. Similarly, no change was noted in the duration of the response signal with either nerve injury. Second, changes in the propagation wave pattern were analyzed. Ulnar nerve injury decreased the propagation velocity in the medial direction but the median nerve injury induced no changes. These results indicated that the propagation wave pattern is readily altered, even immediately after nerve injury, and suggest that this immediate change in the spatio-temporal pattern is one of the factors contributing to the cortical reorganization.
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- Noriyuki Hama
- Department of Neural and Muscular Physiology, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane 693-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Neural and Muscular Physiology, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane 693-8501, Japan
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- Department of Neural and Muscular Physiology, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane 693-8501, Japan
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- Department of Neural and Muscular Physiology, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane 693-8501, Japan
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Hama N, Kawai M, Ito SI, Yoshida Y, Fujita Y, Hirota A. Concave-shaped transparent electrode to simultaneously monitor electrical activity from multiple sites within the optical sampling area of the intact rat cerebral cortex. J Physiol Sci 2019; 69:543-551. [PMID: 30758781 PMCID: PMC10717891 DOI: 10.1007/s12576-019-00663-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
We have developed a concave-shaped transparent electrode unit that enables the placement of several electrodes within the optical sampling area on the spherical surface of the rat brain. This concave-shaped transparent electrode unit consists of an insulator base (a plano-concave lens) and a gallium-doped zinc oxide film that is a transparent conductor coating the base. Most of the unit is wrapped in an insulator film made of silicon dioxide, and the few areas left unwrapped act as electrodes. In the study reported here this newly developed transparent electrode unit worked well within the optical detection area without affecting optical recording. We applied this unit to our multiple-site optical recording system for membrane potential in order to eliminate pulsation artifacts and succeeded in optically recording spontaneous neural activity, including small changes in membrane potential, in the cerebral cortex in a single-sweep recording.
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- Noriyuki Hama
- Department of Neural and Muscular Physiology, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, 693-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Neural and Muscular Physiology, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, 693-8501, Japan
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- Department of Neural and Muscular Physiology, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, 693-8501, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Shimane University, Matsue, Shimane, 690-8504, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Shimane University, Matsue, Shimane, 690-8504, Japan
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- Department of Neural and Muscular Physiology, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, 693-8501, Japan
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Johnson BA, Frostig RD. Long-Range, Border-Crossing, Horizontal Axon Radiations Are a Common Feature of Rat Neocortical Regions That Differ in Cytoarchitecture. Front Neuroanat 2018; 12:50. [PMID: 29977194 PMCID: PMC6021490 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2018.00050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Employing wide-field optical imaging techniques supported by electrophysiological recordings, previous studies have demonstrated that stimulation of a spatially restricted area (point) in the sensory periphery results in a large evoked neuronal activity spread in mammalian primary cortices. In rats' primary cortices, such large evoked spreads extend diffusely in multiple directions, cross cortical cytoarchitectural borders and can trespass into other unimodal sensory areas. These point spreads are supported by a spatially matching, diffuse set of long-range horizontal projections within gray matter that extend in multiple directions and cross borders to interconnect different cortical areas. This horizontal projection system is in addition to well-known area-to-area clustered projections to defined targets through white matter. Could similar two-projection cortical systems also be found in cortical regions that differ in their cytoarchitectural structure? To address this question, an adeno-associated viral vector expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP) was injected as an anterograde tract tracer into granular somatosensory cortex (trunk area), dysgranular cortex (somatosensory dysgranular zone and extrastriate cortex) and agranular motor cortex (MCx). Irrespective of the injection site the same two projection systems were found, and their quantification revealed a close similarity to findings in primary sensory cortices. Following detailed reconstruction, the diffuse horizontal axon radiation was found to possess numerous varicosities and to include short, medium and long axons, the latter extending up to 5.2 mm. These "proof of concept" findings suggest that the similarity of the two projection systems among different cortical areas could potentially constitute a canonical motif of neocortical organization.
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- Brett A Johnson
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States.,The Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
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Hama N, Kawai M, Ito SI, Hirota A. Optical study of interactions among propagation waves of neural excitation in the rat somatosensory cortex evoked by forelimb and hindlimb stimuli. J Neurophysiol 2018; 119:1934-1946. [DOI: 10.1152/jn.00904.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Multisite optical recording has revealed that the neural excitation wave induced by a sensory stimulation begins at a focus and propagates in the cortex. This wave is considered to be important for computation in the sensory cortex, particularly the integration of sensory information; however, the nature of this wave remains largely unknown. In the present study, we examined the interaction between two waves in the rat sensory cortex induced by hindlimb and forelimb stimuli with different interstimulus intervals. We classified the resultant patterns as follows: 1) the collision of two waves, 2) the hindlimb response being evoked while the forelimb-induced wave is passing the hindlimb focus, and 3) the hindlimb response being evoked after the forelimb-induced wave has passed the hindlimb focus. In pattern 1, the two waves fused into a single wave, but the propagation pattern differed from that predicted by the superimposition of two singly induced propagation courses. In pattern 2, the state of the interaction between the two waves varied depending on the phase of optical signals constituting the forelimb-induced wave around the hindlimb focus. Although no hindlimb-induced wave was observed in the rising phase, the propagating velocity of the forelimb-induced wave increased. At the peak, neither the hindlimb-induced response nor a modulatory effect on the forelimb-induced wave was detected. In pattern 3, the hindlimb-induced wave showed a reduced amplitude and spatial extent. These results indicate that the state of the interaction between waves was strongly influenced by the relative timing of sensory inputs. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Sensory stimulation-induced cortical excitation propagates as a wave and spreads over a wide area of the sensory cortex. To elucidate the characteristics of this relatively unknown phenomenon, we examined the interaction between two individually induced waves in the somatosensory cortex. Either the waves collided or the preceding wave affected the emergence of the following one. Our results indicate that the state of the interaction was strongly influenced by the relative timing of sensory inputs.
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- Noriyuki Hama
- Department of Neural and Muscular Physiology, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, Japan
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- Department of Neural and Muscular Physiology, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, Japan
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- Department of Neural and Muscular Physiology, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, Japan
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- Department of Neural and Muscular Physiology, Shimane University School of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, Japan
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Badin AS, Fermani F, Greenfield SA. The Features and Functions of Neuronal Assemblies: Possible Dependency on Mechanisms beyond Synaptic Transmission. Front Neural Circuits 2017; 10:114. [PMID: 28119576 PMCID: PMC5223595 DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2016.00114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2016] [Accepted: 12/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
"Neuronal assemblies" are defined here as coalitions within the brain of millions of neurons extending in space up to 1-2 mm, and lasting for hundreds of milliseconds: as such they could potentially link bottom-up, micro-scale with top-down, macro-scale events. The perspective first compares the features in vitro versus in vivo of this underappreciated "meso-scale" level of brain processing, secondly considers the various diverse functions in which assemblies may play a pivotal part, and thirdly analyses whether the surprisingly spatially extensive and prolonged temporal properties of assemblies can be described exclusively in terms of classic synaptic transmission or whether additional, different types of signaling systems are likely to operate. Based on our own voltage-sensitive dye imaging (VSDI) data acquired in vitro we show how restriction to only one signaling process, i.e., synaptic transmission, is unlikely to be adequate for modeling the full profile of assemblies. Based on observations from VSDI with its protracted spatio-temporal scales, we suggest that two other, distinct processes are likely to play a significant role in assembly dynamics: "volume" transmission (the passive diffusion of diverse bioactive transmitters, hormones, and modulators), as well as electrotonic spread via gap junctions. We hypothesize that a combination of all three processes has the greatest potential for deriving a realistic model of assemblies and hence elucidating the various complex brain functions that they may mediate.
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- Antoine-Scott Badin
- Neuro-Bio Ltd., Culham Science CentreAbingdon, UK; Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Mann Group, University of OxfordOxford, UK
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Willems JGP, Wadman WJ, Cappaert NLM. Distinct Spatiotemporal Activation Patterns of the Perirhinal-Entorhinal Network in Response to Cortical and Amygdala Input. Front Neural Circuits 2016; 10:44. [PMID: 27378860 PMCID: PMC4906015 DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2016.00044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2016] [Accepted: 05/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
The perirhinal (PER) and entorhinal cortex (EC) receive input from the agranular insular cortex (AiP) and the subcortical lateral amygdala (LA) and the main output area is the hippocampus. Information transfer through the PER/EC network however, is not always guaranteed. It is hypothesized that this network actively regulates the (sub)cortical activity transfer to the hippocampal network and that the inhibitory system is involved in this function. This study determined the recruitment by the AiP and LA afferents in PER/EC network with the use of voltage sensitive dye (VSD) imaging in horizontal mouse brain slices. Electrical stimulation (500 μA) of the AiP induced activity that gradually propagated predominantly in the rostro-caudal direction: from the PER to the lateral EC (LEC). In the presence of 1 μM of the competitive γ-aminobutyric acid (GABAA) receptor antagonist bicuculline, AiP stimulation recruited the medial EC (MEC) as well. In contrast, LA stimulation (500 μA) only induced activity in the deep layers of the PER. In the presence of bicuculline, the initial population activity in the PER propagated further towards the superficial layers and the EC after a delay. The latency of evoked responses decreased with increasing stimulus intensities (50–500 μA) for both the AiP and LA stimuli. The stimulation threshold for evoking responses in the PER/EC network was higher for the LA than for the AiP. This study showed that the extent of the PER/EC network activation depends on release of inhibition. When GABAA dependent inhibition is reduced, both the AiP and the LA activate spatially overlapping regions, although in a distinct spatiotemporal fashion. It is therefore hypothesized that the inhibitory network regulates excitatory activity from both cortical and subcortical areas that has to be transmitted through the PER/EC network.
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- Janske G P Willems
- Center for NeuroScience, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Center for NeuroScience, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Center for NeuroScience, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Spanne A, Jörntell H. Questioning the role of sparse coding in the brain. Trends Neurosci 2015; 38:417-27. [PMID: 26093844 DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2015.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2015] [Revised: 05/20/2015] [Accepted: 05/24/2015] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Abstract
Coding principles are central to understanding the organization of brain circuitry. Sparse coding offers several advantages, but a near-consensus has developed that it only has beneficial properties, and these are partially unique to sparse coding. We find that these advantages come at the cost of several trade-offs, with the lower capacity for generalization being especially problematic, and the value of sparse coding as a measure and its experimental support are both questionable. Furthermore, silent synapses and inhibitory interneurons can permit learning speed and memory capacity that was previously ascribed to sparse coding only. Combining these properties without exaggerated sparse coding improves the capacity for generalization and facilitates learning of models of a complex and high-dimensional reality.
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- Anton Spanne
- Neural Basis of Sensorimotor Control, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Biomedical Center F10, Tornavägen 10, 221 84 Lund, Sweden
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- Neural Basis of Sensorimotor Control, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Biomedical Center F10, Tornavägen 10, 221 84 Lund, Sweden.
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