Etemadi L, Enander JMD, Jörntell H. Remote cortical perturbation dynamically changes the network solutions to given tactile inputs in neocortical neurons.
iScience 2022;
25:103557. [PMID:
34977509 PMCID:
PMC8689199 DOI:
10.1016/j.isci.2021.103557]
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Abstract
The neocortex has a globally encompassing network structure, which for each given input constrains the possible combinations of neuronal activations across it. Hence, its network contains solutions. But in addition, the cortex has an ever-changing multidimensional internal state, causing each given input to result in a wide range of specific neuronal activations. Here we use intracellular recordings in somatosensory cortex (SI) neurons of anesthetized rats to show that remote, subthreshold intracortical electrical perturbation can impact such constraints on the responses to a set of spatiotemporal tactile input patterns. Whereas each given input pattern normally induces a wide set of preferred response states, when combined with cortical perturbation response states that did not otherwise occur were induced and consequently made other response states less likely. The findings indicate that the physiological network structure can dynamically change as the state of any given cortical region changes, thereby enabling a rich, multifactorial, perceptual capability.
Tactile sensory input patterns evoke multi-structure cortical neuron responses
Multi-structure responses are shown to be impacted by remote cortical regions
Highly dynamic neuron responses reflects global cortical information integration
Perception hence depends on globally distributed activity at the time of input
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