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Bharmauria V, Ramezanpour H, Ouelhazi A, Yahia Belkacemi Y, Flouty O, Molotchnikoff S. KETAMINE: Neural- and network-level changes. Neuroscience 2024; 559:188-198. [PMID: 39245312 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2024.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2024] [Revised: 08/30/2024] [Accepted: 09/03/2024] [Indexed: 09/10/2024]
Abstract
Ketamine is a widely used clinical drug that has several functional and clinical applications, including its use as an anaesthetic, analgesic, anti-depressive, anti-suicidal agent, among others. Among its diverse behavioral effects, it influences short-term memory and induces psychedelic effects. At the neural level across different brain areas, it modulates neural firing rates, neural tuning, brain oscillations, and modularity, while promoting hypersynchrony and random connectivity between neurons. In our recent studies we demonstrated that topical application of ketamine on the visual cortex alters neural tuning and promotes vigorous connectivity between neurons by decreasing their firing variability. Here, we begin with a brief review of the literature, followed by results from our lab, where we synthesize a dendritic model of neural tuning and network changes following ketamine application. This model has potential implications for focused modulation of cortical networks in clinical settings. Finally, we identify current gaps in research and suggest directions for future studies, particularly emphasizing the need for more animal experiments to establish a platform for effective translation and synergistic therapies combining ketamine with other protocols such as training and adaptation. In summary, investigating ketamine's broader systemic effects, not only provides deeper insight into cognitive functions and consciousness but also paves the way to advance therapies for neuropsychiatric disorders.
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- Vishal Bharmauria
- The Tampa Human Neurophysiology Lab & Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, Morsani College of Medicine, 2 Tampa General Circle, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33606, USA; Centre for Vision Research and Centre for Integrative and Applied Neuroscience, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada.
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- Department of Biology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada
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- Neurophysiology of the Visual system, Département de Sciences Biologiques, 1375 Av. Thérèse-Lavoie-Roux, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H2V 0B3, Canada
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- Neurophysiology of the Visual system, Département de Sciences Biologiques, 1375 Av. Thérèse-Lavoie-Roux, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H2V 0B3, Canada
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- The Tampa Human Neurophysiology Lab & Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, Morsani College of Medicine, 2 Tampa General Circle, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33606, USA
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- Neurophysiology of the Visual system, Département de Sciences Biologiques, 1375 Av. Thérèse-Lavoie-Roux, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H2V 0B3, Canada
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Seo S, Bharmauria V, Schütz A, Yan X, Wang H, Crawford JD. Multiunit Frontal Eye Field Activity Codes the Visuomotor Transformation, But Not Gaze Prediction or Retrospective Target Memory, in a Delayed Saccade Task. eNeuro 2024; 11:ENEURO.0413-23.2024. [PMID: 39054056 PMCID: PMC11373882 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0413-23.2024] [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: 10/13/2023] [Revised: 07/16/2024] [Accepted: 07/18/2024] [Indexed: 07/27/2024] Open
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Single-unit (SU) activity-action potentials isolated from one neuron-has traditionally been employed to relate neuronal activity to behavior. However, recent investigations have shown that multiunit (MU) activity-ensemble neural activity recorded within the vicinity of one microelectrode-may also contain accurate estimations of task-related neural population dynamics. Here, using an established model-fitting approach, we compared the spatial codes of SU response fields with corresponding MU response fields recorded from the frontal eye fields (FEFs) in head-unrestrained monkeys (Macaca mulatta) during a memory-guided saccade task. Overall, both SU and MU populations showed a simple visuomotor transformation: the visual response coded target-in-eye coordinates, transitioning progressively during the delay toward a future gaze-in-eye code in the saccade motor response. However, the SU population showed additional secondary codes, including a predictive gaze code in the visual response and retention of a target code in the motor response. Further, when SUs were separated into regular/fast spiking neurons, these cell types showed different spatial code progressions during the late delay period, only converging toward gaze coding during the final saccade motor response. Finally, reconstructing MU populations (by summing SU data within the same sites) failed to replicate either the SU or MU pattern. These results confirm the theoretical and practical potential of MU activity recordings as a biomarker for fundamental sensorimotor transformations (e.g., target-to-gaze coding in the oculomotor system), while also highlighting the importance of SU activity for coding more subtle (e.g., predictive/memory) aspects of sensorimotor behavior.
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- Serah Seo
- Centre for Vision Research and Centre for Integrative and Applied Neuroscience, York University, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada
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- Centre for Vision Research and Centre for Integrative and Applied Neuroscience, York University, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada
- Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33606
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- Department of Neurophysics, Philipps-Universität Marburg, 35032 Marburg, Germany
- Center for Mind, Brain, and Behavior - CMBB, Philipps-Universität Marburg, 35032 Marburg, and Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Centre for Vision Research and Centre for Integrative and Applied Neuroscience, York University, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada
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- Centre for Vision Research and Centre for Integrative and Applied Neuroscience, York University, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada
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- Centre for Vision Research and Centre for Integrative and Applied Neuroscience, York University, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada
- Departments of Psychology, Biology, Kinesiology & Health Sciences, York University, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada
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Ouelhazi A, Bharmauria V, Molotchnikoff S. Adaptation-induced sharpening of orientation tuning curves in the mouse visual cortex. Neuroreport 2024; 35:291-298. [PMID: 38407865 DOI: 10.1097/wnr.0000000000002012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
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OBJECTIVE Orientation selectivity is an emergent property of visual neurons across species with columnar and noncolumnar organization of the visual cortex. The emergence of orientation selectivity is more established in columnar cortical areas than in noncolumnar ones. Thus, how does orientation selectivity emerge in noncolumnar cortical areas after an adaptation protocol? Adaptation refers to the constant presentation of a nonoptimal stimulus (adapter) to a neuron under observation for a specific time. Previously, it had been shown that adaptation has varying effects on the tuning properties of neurons, such as orientation, spatial frequency, motion and so on. BASIC METHODS We recorded the mouse primary visual neurons (V1) at different orientations in the control (preadaptation) condition. This was followed by adapting neurons uninterruptedly for 12 min and then recording the same neurons postadaptation. An orientation selectivity index (OSI) for neurons was computed to compare them pre- and post-adaptation. MAIN RESULTS We show that 12-min adaptation increases the OSI of visual neurons ( n = 113), that is, sharpens their tuning. Moreover, the OSI postadaptation increases linearly as a function of the OSI preadaptation. CONCLUSION The increased OSI postadaptation may result from a specific dendritic neural mechanism, potentially facilitating the rapid learning of novel features.
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- Afef Ouelhazi
- Département de Sciences Biologiques, Neurophysiology of the Visual system, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
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- Department of Psychology, Centre for Vision Research and Vision: Science to Applications (VISTA) Program, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Département de Sciences Biologiques, Neurophysiology of the Visual system, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
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Li Z, Dong Z, Bai X, Liu M. Characterizing the orientation selectivity in V1 and V4 of macaques by quadratic phase coupling. J Neural Eng 2020; 17:036028. [PMID: 32480396 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/ab9843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Orientation selectivity is one of the significant characteristics of neurons in the primary visual cortex (V1). Some neurons in extrastriate visual cortical areas also exhibit certain orientation selectivity. But it is still not well understood that how the orientation selectivity generates. Most previous studies about the orientation selectivity are based on the spike firing rate. However, the spikes are prone to be biased by the detection and sorting algorithms. Then, in this paper, the local field potential (LFP) is adopted to investigate the mechanism of orientation selectivity. APPROACH We used the quadratic phase coupling (QPC), which was calculated by wavelet bicoherence, to describe the characteristics of orientation selectivity available in V1 and V4. The raw wideband neural signals were recorded by two chronically implanted multi-electrode arrays, which were placed in V1 and V4 respectively in two macaques performing a selective visual attention task. MAIN RESULTS There is a strong correlation between the total bicoherence (TotalBic), which is a quantization for the overall QPC of frequency pairs in gamma band, and the grating orientation. Furthermore, the QPC distribution at the non-preferred orientation is mainly concentrated in the low frequencies (30-40 Hz) of gamma; while the QPC distribution at the preferred orientation concentrates in both the low frequencies and high frequencies (60-80 Hz) of gamma. In addition, the TotalBic of the gamma-band LFP between V1 and V4 varies with the grating orientations, indicating that the QPC is available in the feedforward link and the gamma-band LFP in V1 modulates the QPC in V4. SIGNIFICANCE The QPC reflects the orientations of the sinusoidal grating and describes the interaction of gamma-band LFP between different brain regions. Our results suggest that the QPC is an alternative avenue to explore the mechanism for generating orientation selectivity of visual neurons effectively.
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- Zhaohui Li
- School of Information Science and Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, People's Republic of China. Hebei Key Laboratory of Information Transmission and Signal Processing, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, People's Republic of China
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Chanauria N, Bharmauria V, Bachatene L, Cattan S, Rouat J, Molotchnikoff S. Sound Induces Change in Orientation Preference of V1 Neurons: Audio-Visual Cross-Influence. Neuroscience 2019; 404:48-61. [PMID: 30703505 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.01.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2018] [Revised: 01/18/2019] [Accepted: 01/21/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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In the cortex, demarcated unimodal sensory regions often respond to unforeseen sensory stimuli and exhibit plasticity. The goal of the current investigation was to test evoked responses of primary visual cortex (V1) neurons when an adapting auditory stimulus is applied in isolation. Using extracellular recordings in anesthetized cats, we demonstrate that, unlike the prevailing observation of only slight modulations in the firing rates of the neurons, sound imposition in isolation entirely shifted the peaks of orientation tuning curves of neurons in both supra- and infragranular layers of V1. Our results suggest that neurons specific to either layer dynamically integrate features of sound and modify the organization of the orientation map of V1. Intriguingly, these experiments present novel findings that the mere presentation of a prolonged auditory stimulus may drastically recalibrate the tuning properties of the visual neurons and highlight the phenomenal neuroplasticity of V1 neurons.
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- Nayan Chanauria
- Neurophysiology of Visual System, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, CP 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Neurophysiology of Visual System, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, CP 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Neurophysiology of Visual System, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, CP 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Neurophysiology of Visual System, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, CP 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Departement de Génie Électrique et Génie Informatique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Neurophysiology of Visual System, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, CP 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada.
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Mock VL, Luke KL, Hembrook-Short JR, Briggs F. Phase shifts in high-beta- and low-gamma-band local field potentials predict the focus of visual spatial attention. J Neurophysiol 2019; 121:799-822. [PMID: 30540498 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00469.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The local field potential (LFP) contains rich information about activity in local neuronal populations. However, it has been challenging to establish direct links between LFP modulations and task-relevant behavior or cognitive processes, such as attention. We sought to determine whether LFP amplitude or phase modulations are predictive of the allocation of visual spatial attention. LFPs were recorded simultaneously in multiple early visual brain structures of alert macaque monkeys performing attention-demanding detection and discrimination tasks. Attention directed toward the receptive field of recorded neurons generated systematically larger phase shifts in high-beta- and low-gamma-frequency LFPs compared with LFP phase shifts on trials in which attention was directed away from the receptive field. This attention-mediated temporal advance corresponded to ~10 ms. LFP phase shifts also correlated with reaction times when monkeys were engaged in the tasks. Importantly, attentional modulation of LFP phase was consistent across monkeys, tasks, visual brain structures, and cortical layers. In contrast, attentional modulation of LFP amplitude varied across frequency bands, visual structures/layers, and tasks. Because LFP phase shifts were robust, consistent, and predictive of spatial attention, they could serve as a reliable marker for attention signals in the brain. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Local field potentials (LFPs) reflect the activity of spatially localized populations of neurons. Whether alterations in LFP activity are indicative of cognitive processes, such as attention, is unclear. We found that shifts in the phase of LFPs measured in multiple visual brain areas reliably predicted the focus of spatial attention. LFP phase shifts could therefore serve as a marker for behaviorally relevant attention signals in the brain.
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- Vanessa L Mock
- Ernest J. Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, University of Rochester School of Medicine , Rochester, New York.,Program in Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Dartmouth College , Hanover, New Hampshire
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- Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire
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- Ernest J. Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, University of Rochester School of Medicine , Rochester, New York.,Department of Neuroscience, University of Rochester School of Medicine , Rochester, New York.,Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester , Rochester, New York.,Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester , Rochester, New York
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Foik AT, Ghazaryan A, Waleszczyk WJ. Oscillations in Spontaneous and Visually Evoked Neuronal Activity in the Superficial Layers of the Cat's Superior Colliculus. Front Syst Neurosci 2018; 12:60. [PMID: 30559653 PMCID: PMC6287086 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2018.00060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2018] [Accepted: 11/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Oscillations are ubiquitous features of neuronal activity in sensory systems and are considered as a substrate for the integration of sensory information. Several studies have described oscillatory activity in the geniculate visual pathway, but little is known about this phenomenon in the extrageniculate visual pathway. We describe oscillations in evoked and background activity in the cat's superficial layers of the superior colliculus, a retinorecipient structure in the extrageniculate visual pathway. Extracellular single-unit activity was recorded during periods with and without visual stimulation under isoflurane anesthesia in the mixture of N2O/O2. Autocorrelation, FFT and renewal density analyses were used to detect and characterize oscillations in the neuronal activity. Oscillations were common in the background and stimulus-evoked activity. Frequency range of background oscillations spanned between 5 and 90 Hz. Oscillations in evoked activity were observed in about half of the cells and could appear in two forms —stimulus-phase-locked (10–100 Hz), and stimulus-phase-independent (8–100 Hz) oscillations. Stimulus-phase-independent and background oscillatory frequencies were very similar within activity of particular neurons suggesting that stimulus-phase-independent oscillations may be a form of enhanced “spontaneous” oscillations. Stimulus-phase-locked oscillations were present in responses to moving and flashing stimuli. In contrast to stimulus-phase-independent oscillations, the strength of stimulus-phase-locked oscillations was positively correlated with stimulus velocity and neuronal firing rate. Our results suggest that in the superficial layers of the superior colliculus stimulus-phase-independent oscillations may be generated by the same mechanism(s) that lie in the base of “spontaneous” oscillations, while stimulus-phase-locked oscillations may result from interactions within the intra-collicular network and/or from a phase reset of oscillations present in the background activity.
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- Andrzej T Foik
- Department of Neurophysiology, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland
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This article argues that qualia are a likely outcome of the processing of information in local cortical networks. It uses an information-based approach and makes a distinction between information structures (the physical embodiment of information in the brain, primarily patterns of action potentials), and information messages (the meaning of those structures to the brain, and the basis of qualia). It develops formal relationships between these two kinds of information, showing how information structures can represent messages, and how information messages can be identified from structures. The article applies this perspective to basic processing in cortical networks or ensembles, showing how networks can transform between the two kinds of information. The article argues that an input pattern of firing is identified by a network as an information message, and that the output pattern of firing generated is a representation of that message. If a network is encouraged to develop an attractor state through attention or other re-entrant processes, then the message identified each time physical information is cycled through the network becomes “representation of the previous message”. Using an example of olfactory perception, it is shown how this piggy-backing of messages on top of previous messages could lead to olfactory qualia. The message identified on each pass of information could evolve from inner identity, to inner form, to inner likeness or image. The outcome is an olfactory quale. It is shown that the same outcome could result from information cycled through a hierarchy of networks in a resonant state. The argument for qualia generation is applied to other sensory modalities, showing how, through a process of brain-wide constraint satisfaction, a particular state of consciousness could develop at any given moment. Evidence for some of the key predictions of the theory is presented, using ECoG data and studies of gamma oscillations and attractors, together with an outline of what further evidence is needed to provide support for the theory.
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- Roger Orpwood
- Centre for Pain Research, Department for Health, University of BathBath, UK
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Chanauria N, Bharmauria V, Bachatene L, Cattan S, Rouat J, Molotchnikoff S. Comparative effects of adaptation on layers II-III and V-VI neurons in cat V1. Eur J Neurosci 2016; 44:3094-3104. [PMID: 27740707 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2016] [Revised: 10/04/2016] [Accepted: 10/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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V1 is fundamentally grouped into columns that descend from layers II-III to V-VI. Neurons inherent to visual cortex are capable of adapting to changes in the incoming stimuli that drive the cortical plasticity. A principle feature called orientation selectivity can be altered by the presentation of non-optimal stimulus called 'adapter'. When triggered, LGN cells impinge upon layer IV and further relay the information to deeper layers via layers II-III. Using different adaptation protocols, neuronal plasticity can be investigated. Superficial neurons in area V1 are well acknowledged to exhibit attraction and repulsion by shifting their tuning peaks when challenged by a non-optimal stimulus called 'adapter'. Layers V-VI neurons in spite of partnering layers II-III neurons in cortical computation have not been explored simultaneously toward adaptation. We believe that adaptation not only affects cells specific to a layer but modifies the entire column. In this study, through simultaneous multiunit recordings in anesthetized cats using a multichannel depth electrode, we show for the first time how layers V-VI neurons (1000-1200 μm) along with layers II-III neurons (300-500 μm) exhibit plasticity in response to adaptation. Our results demonstrate that superficial and deeper layer neurons react synonymously toward adapter by exhibiting similar behavioral properties. The neurons displayed similar amplitude of shift and maintained equivalent sharpness of Gaussian tuning peaks before and the following adaptation. It appears that a similar mechanism, belonging to all layers, is responsible for the analog outcome of the neurons' experience with adapter.
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- Nayan Chanauria
- Neurophysiology of Visual System, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, CP 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Neurophysiology of Visual System, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, CP 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada.,The Visuomotor Neuroscience Lab, Centre for Vision Research, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Neurophysiology of Visual System, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, CP 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada.,Department of Nuclear Medicine and Radiobiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (CHUS), SNAIL
- Sherbrooke Neuro Analysis and Imaging Lab, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Neurophysiology of Visual System, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, CP 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Neurophysiology of Visual System, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, CP 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada.,Département de Génie Électrique et Génie Informatique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Neurophysiology of Visual System, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, CP 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada
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Bharmauria V, Bachatene L, Ouelhazi A, Cattan S, Chanauria N, Etindele-Sosso FA, Rouat J, Molotchnikoff S. Interplay of orientation selectivity and the power of low- and high-gamma bands in the cat primary visual cortex. Neurosci Lett 2016; 620:14-9. [PMID: 27033667 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2016.03.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2016] [Revised: 03/01/2016] [Accepted: 03/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Gamma oscillations are ubiquitous in brain and are believed to be inevitable for information processing in brain. Here, we report that distinct bands (low, 30-40Hz and high gamma, 60-80Hz) of stimulus-triggered gamma oscillations are systematically linked to the orientation selectivity index (OSI) of neurons in the cat primary visual cortex. The gamma-power is high for the highly selective neurons in the low-gamma band, whereas it is high for the broadly selective neurons in the high-gamma band. We suggest that the low-gamma band is principally implicated in feed-forward excitatory flow, whereas the high-gamma band governs the flow of this excitation.
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- Vishal Bharmauria
- Neurophysiology of Visual System, Université de Montréal, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Neurophysiology of Visual System, Université de Montréal, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Neurophysiology of Visual System, Université de Montréal, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Neurophysiology of Visual System, Université de Montréal, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Neurophysiology of Visual System, Université de Montréal, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Neurophysiology of Visual System, Université de Montréal, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Neurophysiology of Visual System, Université de Montréal, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Montréal, QC, Canada; Département de Génie Électrique et Génie Informatique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Neurophysiology of Visual System, Université de Montréal, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Montréal, QC, Canada; Département de Génie Électrique et Génie Informatique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
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Bharmauria V, Bachatene L, Cattan S, Brodeur S, Chanauria N, Rouat J, Molotchnikoff S. Network-selectivity and stimulus-discrimination in the primary visual cortex: cell-assembly dynamics. Eur J Neurosci 2015; 43:204-19. [DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2015] [Revised: 10/06/2015] [Accepted: 10/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Vishal Bharmauria
- Neurophysiology of Visual System; Département de Sciences Biologiques; Université de Montréal; CP 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville Montréal QC Canada H3C 3J7
- Neurosciences Computationnelles et Traitement Intelligent des Signaux (NECOTIS); Sherbrooke QC Canada
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- Neurophysiology of Visual System; Département de Sciences Biologiques; Université de Montréal; CP 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville Montréal QC Canada H3C 3J7
- Neurosciences Computationnelles et Traitement Intelligent des Signaux (NECOTIS); Sherbrooke QC Canada
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- Neurophysiology of Visual System; Département de Sciences Biologiques; Université de Montréal; CP 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville Montréal QC Canada H3C 3J7
- Neurosciences Computationnelles et Traitement Intelligent des Signaux (NECOTIS); Sherbrooke QC Canada
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- Neurosciences Computationnelles et Traitement Intelligent des Signaux (NECOTIS); Sherbrooke QC Canada
- Département de Génie Électrique et Génie Informatique; Université de Sherbrooke; Sherbrooke QC Canada
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- Neurophysiology of Visual System; Département de Sciences Biologiques; Université de Montréal; CP 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville Montréal QC Canada H3C 3J7
- Neurosciences Computationnelles et Traitement Intelligent des Signaux (NECOTIS); Sherbrooke QC Canada
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- Neurophysiology of Visual System; Département de Sciences Biologiques; Université de Montréal; CP 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville Montréal QC Canada H3C 3J7
- Neurosciences Computationnelles et Traitement Intelligent des Signaux (NECOTIS); Sherbrooke QC Canada
- Département de Génie Électrique et Génie Informatique; Université de Sherbrooke; Sherbrooke QC Canada
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- Neurophysiology of Visual System; Département de Sciences Biologiques; Université de Montréal; CP 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville Montréal QC Canada H3C 3J7
- Neurosciences Computationnelles et Traitement Intelligent des Signaux (NECOTIS); Sherbrooke QC Canada
- Département de Génie Électrique et Génie Informatique; Université de Sherbrooke; Sherbrooke QC Canada
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High noise correlation between the functionally connected neurons in emergent V1 microcircuits. Exp Brain Res 2015; 234:523-32. [PMID: 26525713 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-015-4482-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2015] [Accepted: 10/19/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
Abstract
Neural correlations (noise correlations and cross-correlograms) are widely studied to infer functional connectivity between neurons. High noise correlations between neurons have been reported to increase the encoding accuracy of a neuronal population; however, low noise correlations have also been documented to play a critical role in cortical microcircuits. Therefore, the role of noise correlations in neural encoding is highly debated. To this aim, through multi-electrodes, we recorded neuronal ensembles in the primary visual cortex of anaesthetized cats. By computing cross-correlograms, we divulged the functional network (microcircuit) between neurons within an ensemble in relation to a specific orientation. We show that functionally connected neurons systematically exhibit higher noise correlations than functionally unconnected neurons in a microcircuit that is activated in response to a particular orientation. Furthermore, the mean strength of noise correlations for the connected neurons increases steeply than the unconnected neurons as a function of the resolution window used to calculate noise correlations. We suggest that neurons that display high noise correlations in emergent microcircuits feature functional connections which are inevitable for information encoding in the primary visual cortex.
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Bachatene L, Bharmauria V, Cattan S, Chanauria N, Rouat J, Molotchnikoff S. Electrophysiological and firing properties of neurons: Categorizing soloists and choristers in primary visual cortex. Neurosci Lett 2015; 604:103-8. [PMID: 26247539 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2015.07.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2015] [Revised: 07/30/2015] [Accepted: 07/31/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Visual processing in the cortex involves various aspects of neuronal properties such as morphological, electrophysiological and molecular. In particular, the neural firing pattern is an important indicator of dynamic circuitry within a neuronal population. Indeed, in microcircuits, neurons act as soloists or choristers wherein the characteristical activity of a 'soloist' differs from the firing pattern of a 'chorister'. Both cell types correlate their respective firing rate with the global populational activity in a unique way. In the present study, we sought to examine the relationship between the spike shape (thin spike neurons and broad spike neurons) of cortical neurons recorded from V1, their firing levels and their propensity to act as soloists or choristers. We found that thin spike neurons, which exhibited higher levels of firing, generally correlate their activity with the neuronal population (choristers). On the other hand, broad spike neurons showed lower levels of firing and demonstrated weak correlations with the assembly (soloists). A major consequence of the present study is: estimating the correlation of neural spike trains with their neighboring population is a predictive indicator of spike waveforms and firing level. Indeed, we found a continuum distribution of coupling strength ranging from weak correlation-strength (attributed to low-firing neurons) to high correlation-strength (attributed to high-firing neurons). The tendency to exhibit high- or low-firing is conducive to the spike shape of neurons. Our results offer new insights into visual processing by showing how high-firing rate neurons (mostly thin spike neurons) could modulate the neuronal responses within cell-assemblies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Lyes Bachatene
- Laboratoire de Neurosciences de la vision, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada; Neurosciences Computationnelles et Traitement Intelligent des Signaux NECOTIS, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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- Laboratoire de Neurosciences de la vision, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada; Neurosciences Computationnelles et Traitement Intelligent des Signaux NECOTIS, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
| | - Sarah Cattan
- Laboratoire de Neurosciences de la vision, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada; Neurosciences Computationnelles et Traitement Intelligent des Signaux NECOTIS, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
| | - Nayan Chanauria
- Laboratoire de Neurosciences de la vision, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada; Neurosciences Computationnelles et Traitement Intelligent des Signaux NECOTIS, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
| | - Jean Rouat
- Laboratoire de Neurosciences de la vision, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada; Neurosciences Computationnelles et Traitement Intelligent des Signaux NECOTIS, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
| | - Stéphane Molotchnikoff
- Laboratoire de Neurosciences de la vision, Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada; Neurosciences Computationnelles et Traitement Intelligent des Signaux NECOTIS, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
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