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Meredith MA, Wallace MT, Clemo HR. Do the Different Sensory Areas Within the Cat Anterior Ectosylvian Sulcal Cortex Collectively Represent a Network Multisensory Hub? Multisens Res 2018; 31:793-823. [PMID: 31157160 PMCID: PMC6542292 DOI: 10.1163/22134808-20181316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Current theory supports that the numerous functional areas of the cerebral cortex are organized and function as a network. Using connectional databases and computational approaches, the cerebral network has been demonstrated to exhibit a hierarchical structure composed of areas, clusters and, ultimately, hubs. Hubs are highly connected, higher-order regions that also facilitate communication between different sensory modalities. One region computationally identified network hub is the visual area of the Anterior Ectosylvian Sulcal cortex (AESc) of the cat. The Anterior Ectosylvian Visual area (AEV) is but one component of the AESc that also includes the auditory (Field of the Anterior Ectosylvian Sulcus - FAES) and somatosensory (Fourth somatosensory representation - SIV). To better understand the nature of cortical network hubs, the present report reviews the biological features of the AESc. Within the AESc, each area has extensive external cortical connections as well as among one another. Each of these core representations is separated by a transition zone characterized by bimodal neurons that share sensory properties of both adjoining core areas. Finally, core and transition zones are underlain by a continuous sheet of layer 5 neurons that project to common output structures. Altogether, these shared properties suggest that the collective AESc region represents a multiple sensory/multisensory cortical network hub. Ultimately, such an interconnected, composite structure adds complexity and biological detail to the understanding of cortical network hubs and their function in cortical processing.
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- M. Alex Meredith
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia
Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA 23298 USA
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- Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, TN 37240 USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia
Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA 23298 USA
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Smiley JF, Hackett TA, Bleiwas C, Petkova E, Stankov A, Mann JJ, Rosoklija G, Dwork AJ. Reduced GABA neuron density in auditory cerebral cortex of subjects with major depressive disorder. J Chem Neuroanat 2016; 76:108-121. [PMID: 26686292 PMCID: PMC4903945 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2015.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2015] [Accepted: 10/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Although major depressive disorder (MDD) and schizophrenia (SZ) are closely associated with disrupted functions in frontal and limbic areas of cerebral cortex, cellular pathology has also been found in other brain areas, including primary sensory cortex. Auditory cortex is of particular interest, given the prominence of auditory hallucinations in SZ, and sensory deficits in MDD. We used stereological sampling methods in auditory cortex to look for cellular differences between MDD, SZ and non-psychiatric subjects. Additionally, as all of our MDD subjects died of suicide, we evaluated the association of suicide with our measurements by selecting a SZ sample that was divided between suicide and non-suicide subjects. Measurements were done in primary auditory cortex (area A1) and auditory association cortex (area Tpt), two areas with distinct roles in sensory processing and obvious differences in neuron density and size. In MDD, densities of GABAergic interneurons immunolabeled for calretinin (CR) and calbindin (CB) were 23-29% lower than non-psychiatric controls in both areas. Parvalbumin (PV) interneurons (counted only in area Tpt) showed a nominally smaller (16%) reduction that was not statistically significant. Total neuron and glia densities measured in Nissl stained sections did not show corresponding reductions. Analysis of suicide in the SZ sample indicated that reduced CR cell density was associated with suicide, whereas the densities of CB and other cells were not. Our results are consistent with previous studies in MDD that found altered GABA-associated markers throughout the cerebral cortex including primary sensory areas.
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- John F Smiley
- Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, USA; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, USA
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- Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, USA; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; Department of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; Department of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA; Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje, Macedonia
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- Division of Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; Department of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA; Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje, Macedonia
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Nys J, Scheyltjens I, Arckens L. Visual system plasticity in mammals: the story of monocular enucleation-induced vision loss. Front Syst Neurosci 2015; 9:60. [PMID: 25972788 PMCID: PMC4412011 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2015.00060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2014] [Accepted: 03/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The groundbreaking work of Hubel and Wiesel in the 1960’s on ocular dominance plasticity instigated many studies of the visual system of mammals, enriching our understanding of how the development of its structure and function depends on high quality visual input through both eyes. These studies have mainly employed lid suturing, dark rearing and eye patching applied to different species to reduce or impair visual input, and have created extensive knowledge on binocular vision. However, not all aspects and types of plasticity in the visual cortex have been covered in full detail. In that regard, a more drastic deprivation method like enucleation, leading to complete vision loss appears useful as it has more widespread effects on the afferent visual pathway and even on non-visual brain regions. One-eyed vision due to monocular enucleation (ME) profoundly affects the contralateral retinorecipient subcortical and cortical structures thereby creating a powerful means to investigate cortical plasticity phenomena in which binocular competition has no vote.In this review, we will present current knowledge about the specific application of ME as an experimental tool to study visual and cross-modal brain plasticity and compare early postnatal stages up into adulthood. The structural and physiological consequences of this type of extensive sensory loss as documented and studied in several animal species and human patients will be discussed. We will summarize how ME studies have been instrumental to our current understanding of the differentiation of sensory systems and how the structure and function of cortical circuits in mammals are shaped in response to such an extensive alteration in experience. In conclusion, we will highlight future perspectives and the clinical relevance of adding ME to the list of more longstanding deprivation models in visual system research.
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- Julie Nys
- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, KU Leuven Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics, KU Leuven Leuven, Belgium
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Parvalbumin immunoreactivity in the auditory cortex of a mouse model of presbycusis. Hear Res 2012; 294:31-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2012.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2012] [Revised: 08/30/2012] [Accepted: 08/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Desgent S, Boire D, Ptito M. Altered expression of parvalbumin and calbindin in interneurons within the primary visual cortex of neonatal enucleated hamsters. Neuroscience 2010; 171:1326-40. [PMID: 20937364 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2010] [Revised: 09/29/2010] [Accepted: 10/04/2010] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that the expression of calcium binding proteins (CaBPs), parvalbumin (PV), calretinin (CR) and calbindin (CB), is dependent upon sensory experience as emphasized in visual deprivation and deafferentation studies. The expression of CaBPs was studied in interneurons within the primary and extrastriate visual cortices (V1, V2M, V2L) and auditory cortex (AC) of adult hamsters enucleated at birth. The effects of enucleation were mainly confined to area V1 where there was a significant volume reduction (26%) and changes in the laminar distribution of PV and CB immunoreactive (IR) cells. The density of PV-IR cell bodies was significantly increased in layer IV and reduced in layer V. Moreover, the density of CB-IR neurons was inferior in layer V of V1 in enucleated hamsters (EH) compared to controls. These results suggest that some features of the laminar distribution of specific CaBPs, in primary sensory cortices, are dependent upon or modulated by sensory input.
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- S Desgent
- École d'Optométrie, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3C 3J7
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Neuroanatomical identification of crossmodal auditory inputs to interneurons in somatosensory cortex. Exp Brain Res 2010; 202:725-31. [PMID: 20087577 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-010-2163-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2009] [Accepted: 01/07/2010] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Multisensory convergence is the first, requisite step in the process that generates neural responses to events involving more than one sensory modality. Although anatomical studies have documented the merging of afferents from different sensory modalities within a given area, they do not provide insight into the architecture of connectivity at the neuronal level that underlies multisensory processing. In fact, few anatomical studies of multisensory convergence at the neuronal level have been conducted. The present study used a combination of tract-tracing, immunocytochemistry, and confocal microscopic techniques to examine the connections related to crossmodal auditory cortical inputs to somatosensory area SIV. Axons labeled from auditory cortex were found in contact with immunolabeled interneurons in SIV, some of which also colocalized vesicular glutamate transporter 1, indicating the presence of an active, glutamatergic synapse. No specific subtype of inhibitory interneuron appeared to be targeted by the crossmodal contacts. These results provide insight into the structural basis for multisensory processing at the neuronal level and offer anatomical evidence for the direct involvement of inhibitory interneurons in multisensory processing.
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Sensory cortex is characterized by multiple representations of a given modality which are generally highly interconnected and hierarchically arranged. The cat cerebral cortex contains at least five major areas dedicated to somatosensory processing, yet aside from areas SI and SII, little is known regarding the interconnectivity of the other, higher-level regions, such as SIV and SV. Therefore, this investigation examined the anatomical relationship of somatosensory areas SIV and SV to each other. In adult cats, wheatgerm agglutinin-horseradish peroxidase (WGA-HRP) injected into SIV produced retrogradely labeled neurons in SV in a bilaminar pattern. When biotinylated dextran amine (BDA) was injected into SV, orthogradely labeled axon terminals were found in SIV across all laminae but predominated in supragranular locations. In the reciprocal direction, neurons located in both the supra- and infragranular layers of SIV projected across all laminae of SV, but also in a manner that favored the supragranular layers. Because local inhibitory circuits are critical for specific somatosensory response properties, the distribution of GABA-ergic neurons and their co-localized markers calbindin (CB), calretinin (CR) and parvalbumin (PV) was also compared for SIV and SV using immunocytochemical techniques. Although fundamental differences in laminar arrangement were observed between the different GABA-ergic subtypes, the distribution for each subtype was essentially the same in both SIV and SV. Collectively, these connectional, cytoarchitectonic and organizational similarities indicate that SIV and SV are reciprocally connected and share many somatosensory processing and connectional features.
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- H Ruth Clemo
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1101 E. Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298-0709, USA.
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Neocortical neuron types in Xenarthra and Afrotheria: implications for brain evolution in mammals. Brain Struct Funct 2008; 213:301-28. [PMID: 19011898 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-008-0198-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2008] [Accepted: 10/16/2008] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Interpreting the evolution of neuronal types in the cerebral cortex of mammals requires information from a diversity of species. However, there is currently a paucity of data from the Xenarthra and Afrotheria, two major phylogenetic groups that diverged close to the base of the eutherian mammal adaptive radiation. In this study, we used immunohistochemistry to examine the distribution and morphology of neocortical neurons stained for nonphosphorylated neurofilament protein, calbindin, calretinin, parvalbumin, and neuropeptide Y in three xenarthran species-the giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), the lesser anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla), and the two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus)-and two afrotherian species-the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) and the black and rufous giant elephant shrew (Rhynchocyon petersi). We also studied the distribution and morphology of astrocytes using glial fibrillary acidic protein as a marker. In all of these species, nonphosphorylated neurofilament protein-immunoreactive neurons predominated in layer V. These neurons exhibited diverse morphologies with regional variation. Specifically, high proportions of atypical neurofilament-enriched neuron classes were observed, including extraverted neurons, inverted pyramidal neurons, fusiform neurons, and other multipolar types. In addition, many projection neurons in layers II-III were found to contain calbindin. Among interneurons, parvalbumin- and calbindin-expressing cells were generally denser compared to calretinin-immunoreactive cells. We traced the evolution of certain cortical architectural traits using phylogenetic analysis. Based on our reconstruction of character evolution, we found that the living xenarthrans and afrotherians show many similarities to the stem eutherian mammal, whereas other eutherian lineages display a greater number of derived traits.
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Hua T, Kao C, Sun Q, Li X, Zhou Y. Decreased proportion of GABA neurons accompanies age-related degradation of neuronal function in cat striate cortex. Brain Res Bull 2007; 75:119-25. [PMID: 18158105 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2007] [Revised: 06/15/2007] [Accepted: 08/06/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Electrophysiological studies indicate that a decline of GABAergic inhibition in the visual cortex may underlie age-related degradation of visual function [A.G. Leventhal, Y. Wang, M. Pu, Y. Zhou, Y. Ma, GABA and its agonists improved visual cortical function in senescent monkeys, Science 300 (2003) 812-815; M.T. Schmolesky, Y. Wang, M. Pu, A.G. Leventhal, Degradation of stimulus selectivity of visual cortical cells in senescent rhesus monkeys, Nat. Neurosci. 3 (2000) 384-390]. To date, there is little direct evidence to support this hypothesis. Using Nissl staining and immunohistochemical techniques, we quantitatively compared the density of total neurons (Nissl-stained neurons) and GABA-immunoreactive neurons as well as the proportion of GABA-immunoreactive neurons to total neurons in the primary visual cortex between 4 young adult (1-3 year old) cats and 4 old (12 year old) cats, which had been previously examined in a single-unit recording study [T. Hua, X. Li, L. He, Y. Zhou, Y. Wang, A.G. Leventhal, Functional degradation of visual cortical cells in old cats, Neurobiol. Aging 27 (2006) 155-162]. In that study, we found the function of V(1) (area 17) neurons in the old cats was significantly degraded relative to young adult cats. Our present results indicate that the density of total neurons in each cortical layer of V(1) exhibit no significant difference in the two age groups of cats. However, the density of GABA-immunoreactive neurons in old cats is significantly lower than in young adults. Further, the ratio of GABA-immunoreactive neurons to total neurons in each layer of V(1) in old cats is also significantly decreased when compared to young adult cats. These results provide direct morphological evidence of decreased GABAergic inhibition in the striate visual cortex of old animals, which accompany the functional degradation of visual cortical neurons.
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- Tianmiao Hua
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Life Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, PR China.
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Meredith MA, Keniston LR, Dehner LR, Clemo HR. Crossmodal projections from somatosensory area SIV to the auditory field of the anterior ectosylvian sulcus (FAES) in Cat: further evidence for subthreshold forms of multisensory processing. Exp Brain Res 2006; 172:472-84. [PMID: 16501962 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0356-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2005] [Accepted: 12/30/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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To date, evaluation of the neuronal basis for multisensory processing has focused on the convergence pattern that provides excitation from more than one sensory modality. However, a recent study (Dehner et al. in Cereb Cortex 14:387-401, 2004) has demonstrated excitatory-inhibitory multisensory effects that do not follow this conventional pattern and the present investigation documented a similar example of subthreshold cross-modal effects. Neuroanatomical tracers revealed that pyramidal neurons of the somatosensory area SIV project to the auditory field of the anterior ectosylvian sulcus (FAES), but subsequent electrophysiological tests showed that stimulation of SIV failed to elicit the expected orthodromic responses in FAES. Instead, combined auditory-SIV stimulation significantly suppressed FAES responses to auditory cues in approximately 25% of the neurons tested, and facilitated responses in another 5%. These modulatory responses in auditory FAES were similar in kind to those observed in somatosensory SIV and, as such, comprise further evidence for subthreshold forms of multisensory processing in cortex. Consequently, it seems likely that subthreshold cross-modal effects may impact other apparently 'unimodal' areas of the brain.
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- M Alex Meredith
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA 23298, USA.
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Desgent S, Boire D, Ptito M. Distribution of calcium binding proteins in visual and auditory cortices of hamsters. Exp Brain Res 2005; 163:159-72. [PMID: 15672239 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-2151-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2004] [Accepted: 10/14/2004] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The morphology and distribution of neurons immunoreactive (ir) to parvalbumin (PV), calretinin (CR) and calbindin (CB) were studied in the primary visual (V1) and auditory (A1) cortices of hamsters. Cortical cell populations were labelled immunohistochemically using a glucose oxidase-diaminobenzidine-nickel combined revelation method. Quantitative analysis revealed significant differences between V1 and A1 in the density and distribution of their neuronal population. CBir cells exhibited several typologies in both cortical regions. Most cells were multipolar even though many of them had bitufted or bipolar morphologies. These cells were distributed in layers II/III and in layer V of both A1 and V1, but were more numerous in layer V of V1. CRir cells were of the fusiform type with long bipolar dendritic arbours. These were similarly distributed in both cortices with a peak in superficial layers II/III. PVir cells were also found in both cortices and had round or oval-shaped somata with multipolar processes. They were mostly located in layer V for V1 and in layers III/IV for A1. Visual and auditory primary cortices can thus be differentiated on the basis of their immunoreactivity to specific calcium binding proteins.
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- Sébastien Desgent
- School of Optometry, University of Montreal, CP6128 Succ. Centre-Ville, Montreal, Quebec, H3C 3J7, Canada
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