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Csemer A, Sokvári C, Maamrah B, Szabó L, Korpás K, Pocsai K, Pál B. Pharmacological Activation of Piezo1 Channels Enhances Astrocyte-Neuron Communication via NMDA Receptors in the Murine Neocortex. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:3994. [PMID: 38612801 PMCID: PMC11012114 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25073994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2024] [Revised: 03/28/2024] [Accepted: 03/30/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
Abstract
The Piezo1 mechanosensitive ion channel is abundant on several elements of the central nervous system including astrocytes. It has been already demonstrated that activation of these channels is able to elicit calcium waves on astrocytes, which contributes to the release of gliotransmitters. Astrocyte- and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-dependent slow inward currents (SICs) are hallmarks of astrocyte-neuron communication. These currents are triggered by glutamate released as gliotransmitter, which in turn activates neuronal NMDA receptors responsible for this inward current having slower kinetics than any synaptic events. In this project, we aimed to investigate whether Piezo1 activation and inhibition is able to alter spontaneous SIC activity of murine neocortical pyramidal neurons. When the Piezo1 opener Yoda1 was applied, the SIC frequency and the charge transfer by these events in a minute time was significantly increased. These changes were prevented by treating the preparations with the NMDA receptor inhibitor D-AP5. Furthermore, Yoda1 did not alter the spontaneous EPSC frequency and amplitude when SICs were absent. The Piezo1 inhibitor Dooku1 effectively reverted the actions of Yoda1 and decreased the rise time of SICs when applied alone. In conclusion, activation of Piezo1 channels is able to alter astrocyte-neuron communication. Via enhancement of SIC activity, astrocytic Piezo1 channels have the capacity to determine neuronal excitability.
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- Andrea Csemer
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4002 Debrecen, Hungary; (A.C.); (C.S.); (B.M.); (K.K.); (K.P.)
- Doctoral School of Molecular Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4012 Debrecen, Hungary;
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4002 Debrecen, Hungary; (A.C.); (C.S.); (B.M.); (K.K.); (K.P.)
- Doctoral School of Molecular Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4012 Debrecen, Hungary;
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4002 Debrecen, Hungary; (A.C.); (C.S.); (B.M.); (K.K.); (K.P.)
- Doctoral School of Molecular Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4012 Debrecen, Hungary;
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- Doctoral School of Molecular Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4012 Debrecen, Hungary;
- HUN-REN DE Cell Physiology Research Group, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4002 Debrecen, Hungary; (A.C.); (C.S.); (B.M.); (K.K.); (K.P.)
- Doctoral School of Molecular Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4012 Debrecen, Hungary;
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4002 Debrecen, Hungary; (A.C.); (C.S.); (B.M.); (K.K.); (K.P.)
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4002 Debrecen, Hungary; (A.C.); (C.S.); (B.M.); (K.K.); (K.P.)
- Doctoral School of Molecular Medicine, University of Debrecen, H-4012 Debrecen, Hungary;
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Li JY, Glickfeld LL. Input-specific synaptic depression shapes temporal integration in mouse visual cortex. Neuron 2023; 111:3255-3269.e6. [PMID: 37543037 PMCID: PMC10592405 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2023.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Revised: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 08/07/2023]
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Efficient sensory processing requires the nervous system to adjust to ongoing features of the environment. In primary visual cortex (V1), neuronal activity strongly depends on recent stimulus history. Existing models can explain effects of prolonged stimulus presentation but remain insufficient for explaining effects observed after shorter durations commonly encountered under natural conditions. We investigated the mechanisms driving adaptation in response to brief (100 ms) stimuli in L2/3 V1 neurons by performing in vivo whole-cell recordings to measure membrane potential and synaptic inputs. We find that rapid adaptation is generated by stimulus-specific suppression of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic inputs. Targeted optogenetic experiments reveal that these synaptic effects are due to input-specific short-term depression of transmission between layers 4 and 2/3. Thus, brief stimulus presentation engages a distinct adaptation mechanism from that previously reported in response to prolonged stimuli, enabling flexible control of sensory encoding across a wide range of timescales.
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- Jennifer Y Li
- Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27701, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27701, USA.
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Csemer A, Kovács A, Maamrah B, Pocsai K, Korpás K, Klekner Á, Szücs P, Nánási PP, Pál B. Astrocyte- and NMDA receptor-dependent slow inward currents differently contribute to synaptic plasticity in an age-dependent manner in mouse and human neocortex. Aging Cell 2023; 22:e13939. [PMID: 37489544 PMCID: PMC10497838 DOI: 10.1111/acel.13939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Revised: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 07/14/2023] [Indexed: 07/26/2023] Open
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Slow inward currents (SICs) are known as excitatory events of neurons elicited by astrocytic glutamate via activation of extrasynaptic NMDA receptors. By using slice electrophysiology, we tried to provide evidence that SICs can elicit synaptic plasticity. Age dependence of SICs and their impact on synaptic plasticity was also investigated in both on murine and human cortical slices. It was found that SICs can induce a moderate synaptic plasticity, with features similar to spike timing-dependent plasticity. Overall SIC activity showed a clear decline with aging in humans and completely disappeared above a cutoff age. In conclusion, while SICs contribute to a form of astrocyte-dependent synaptic plasticity both in mice and humans, this plasticity is differentially affected by aging. Thus, SICs are likely to play an important role in age-dependent physiological and pathological alterations of synaptic plasticity.
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- Andrea Csemer
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of MedicineUniversity of DebrecenDebrecenHungary
- Doctoral School of Molecular MedicineUniversity of DebrecenDebrecenHungary
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of MedicineUniversity of DebrecenDebrecenHungary
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of MedicineUniversity of DebrecenDebrecenHungary
- Doctoral School of Molecular MedicineUniversity of DebrecenDebrecenHungary
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of MedicineUniversity of DebrecenDebrecenHungary
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of MedicineUniversity of DebrecenDebrecenHungary
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical CentreUniversity of DebrecenDebrecenHungary
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- Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Faculty of MedicineUniversity of DebrecenDebrecenHungary
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of MedicineUniversity of DebrecenDebrecenHungary
- Department of Dental Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of DentistryUniversity of DebrecenDebrecenHungary
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of MedicineUniversity of DebrecenDebrecenHungary
- Doctoral School of Molecular MedicineUniversity of DebrecenDebrecenHungary
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Veres JM, Andrasi T, Nagy-Pal P, Hajos N. CaMKIIα promoter-controlled circuit manipulations target both pyramidal cells and inhibitory interneurons in cortical networks. eNeuro 2023; 10:ENEURO.0070-23.2023. [PMID: 36963833 PMCID: PMC10088982 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0070-23.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/05/2023] [Indexed: 03/26/2023] Open
Abstract
A key assumption in studies of cortical functions is that excitatory principal neurons, but not inhibitory cells express calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II subunit α (CaMKIIα) resulting in a widespread use of CaMKIIα promoter-driven protein expression for principal cell manipulation and monitoring their activities. Using neuroanatomical and electrophysiological methods we demonstrate that in addition to pyramidal neurons, multiple types of cortical GABAegic cells are targeted by adeno-associated viral vectors (AAV) driven by the CaMKIIα promoter in both male and female mice. We tested the AAV5 and AAV9 serotype of viruses with either Channelrhodopsin 2-mCherry or Archaerhodopsin-T-GFP constructs, with different dilutions. We show that in all cases, the reporter proteins can visualize a large fraction of different interneuron types, including parvalbumin (PV), somatostatin (SST), neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS), neuropeptide Y (NPY) and cholecystokinin (CCK)-containing GABAergic cells, which altogether cover around 60% of the whole inhibitory cell population in cortical structures. Importantly, the expression of the excitatory opsin Channelrhodopsin 2 in the interneurons effectively drive spiking of infected GABAergic cells even if the immunodetectability of reporter proteins is ambiguous. Thus, our results challenge the use of CaMKIIα promoter-driven protein expression as a selective tool in targeting cortical glutamatergic neurons using viral vectors.Significance StatementStudies exploring the mechanisms underlying cortical functions apply refined tools to selectively manipulate individual network elements to reveal their role in circuit operations. A widely used approach to specifically target cortical principal cells is to utilize the calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II subunit α (CaMKIIα) promoter. In this study we show that the CaMKIIα promoter drives expression in at least five types of inhibitory cells in various cortical regions, which altogether cover around 60% of the whole inhibitory cell population in cortical structures. The infected interneurons can be functionally activated using optogenetic approaches, a finding that challenges the interpretation of earlier results and calls for the use of other principal cell-targeting methods, e.g., exploiting Vglut1-Cre mice.
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- Judit M Veres
- ELRN Institute of Experimental Medicine, 1083, Budapest, Hungary
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- ELRN Institute of Experimental Medicine, 1083, Budapest, Hungary
- The Linda and Jack Gill Center for Molecular Bioscience, Indiana University Bloomington, 47405, Indiana, USA
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- ELRN Institute of Experimental Medicine, 1083, Budapest, Hungary
- János Szentágothai School of Neurosciences, Semmelweis University, 1085, Budapest, Hungary
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- ELRN Institute of Experimental Medicine, 1083, Budapest, Hungary
- The Linda and Jack Gill Center for Molecular Bioscience, Indiana University Bloomington, 47405, Indiana, USA
- Program in Neuroscience, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington, 47405, Indiana, USA
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Oda S, Funato H. D1- and D2-type dopamine receptors are immunolocalized in pial and layer I astrocytes in the rat cerebral cortex. Front Neuroanat 2023; 17:1111008. [PMID: 36865631 PMCID: PMC9971002 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2023.1111008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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Pial astrocytes, a cellular component of the cerebral cortex surface structure, are observed in a wide range of mammalian species. Despite being recognized as such, the functional potential of pial astrocytes has long been overlooked. Our previous research demonstrated that pial astrocytes exhibit stronger immunoreactivity for muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M1 than protoplasmic astrocytes, indicating sensitivity to neuromodulators. Here, we examined whether pial astrocytes express receptors for dopamine, another crucial neuromodulator of cortical activity. We investigated the immunolocalization of each dopamine receptor subtype (D1R, D2R, D4R, D5R) in the rat cerebral cortex, and compared the intensity of immunoreactivity between pial astrocytes, protoplasmic astrocytes, and pyramidal cells. Our findings revealed that pial astrocytes and layer I astrocytes exhibit stronger D1R- and D4R-immunoreactivity than D2R and D5R. These immunoreactivities were primarily localized in the somata and thick processes of pial and layer I astrocytes. In contrast, protoplasmic astrocytes located in cortical layers II-VI displayed low or negligible immunoreactivities for dopamine receptors. D4R- and D5R-immunopositivity was distributed throughout pyramidal cells including somata and apical dendrites. These findings suggest that the dopaminergic system may regulate the activity of pial and layer I astrocytes via D1R and D4R.
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- Satoko Oda
- Department of Anatomy, Graduate School of Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan,*Correspondence: Satoko Oda Hiromasa Funato
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- Department of Anatomy, Graduate School of Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan,International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (IIIS), University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan,*Correspondence: Satoko Oda Hiromasa Funato
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Jefferson T, Kim HR, Martina M. Impaired muscarinic modulation of the rat prelimbic cortex in neuropathic pain is sexually dimorphic and associated with cold allodynia. Front Cell Neurosci 2023; 17:984287. [PMID: 36846207 PMCID: PMC9947152 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2023.984287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 02/11/2023] Open
Abstract
Cholinergic modulation of the brain cortex is critical for cognitive processes, and altered cholinergic modulation of the prefrontal cortex is emerging as an important mechanism of neuropathic pain. Sex differences in pain prevalence and perception are well known, yet the precise nature of the mechanisms responsible for sexual dimorphism in chronic neuropathic pain are poorly understood. Here we investigated potential sex differences in cholinergic modulation of layer five commissural pyramidal neurons of the rat prelimbic cortex in control conditions and in the SNI model of neuropathic pain. We discovered that cholinergic modulation is stronger in cells from male compared with female rats, and that in neuropathic pain rats, cholinergic excitation of pyramidal neurons was more severely impaired in males than in females. Finally, we found that selective pharmacological blockade of the muscarinic M1 subunit in the prefrontal cortex induces cold sensitivity (but not mechanical allodynia) in naïve animals of both sexes.
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- Department of Neuroscience, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
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Li JY, Glickfeld LL. Input-specific synaptic depression shapes temporal integration in mouse visual cortex. bioRxiv 2023:2023.01.30.526211. [PMID: 36778279 PMCID: PMC9915496 DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.30.526211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
Efficient sensory processing requires the nervous system to adjust to ongoing features of the environment. In primary visual cortex (V1), neuronal activity strongly depends on recent stimulus history. Existing models can explain effects of prolonged stimulus presentation, but remain insufficient for explaining effects observed after shorter durations commonly encountered under natural conditions. We investigated the mechanisms driving adaptation in response to brief (100 ms) stimuli in L2/3 V1 neurons by performing in vivo whole-cell recordings to measure membrane potential and synaptic inputs. We find that rapid adaptation is generated by stimulus-specific suppression of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic inputs. Targeted optogenetic experiments reveal that these synaptic effects are due to input-specific short-term depression of transmission between layers 4 and 2/3. Thus, distinct mechanisms are engaged following brief and prolonged stimulus presentation and together enable flexible control of sensory encoding across a wide range of time scales.
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- Jennifer Y Li
- Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27701, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27701, USA
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Investigations into seizure initiation, in recent years, have focused almost entirely upon alterations of interneuronal function, chloride homeostasis, and extracellular potassium levels. In contrast, little attention has been directed toward a possible role of dendritic plateau potentials in the actual ictogenic transition, despite a substantial literature dating back 40 years regarding its importance generally in epilepsy. Here, we argue that an increase in dendritic excitability, coordinated across the population of pyramidal cells, is a key stage in ictogenesis.
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- Andrew J. Trevelyan
- Newcastle University Biosciences Institute, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
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- Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, United Kingdom
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Dorkenwald S, Turner NL, Macrina T, Lee K, Lu R, Wu J, Bodor AL, Bleckert AA, Brittain D, Kemnitz N, Silversmith WM, Ih D, Zung J, Zlateski A, Tartavull I, Yu SC, Popovych S, Wong W, Castro M, Jordan CS, Wilson AM, Froudarakis E, Buchanan J, Takeno MM, Torres R, Mahalingam G, Collman F, Schneider-Mizell CM, Bumbarger DJ, Li Y, Becker L, Suckow S, Reimer J, Tolias AS, Macarico da Costa N, Reid RC, Seung HS. Binary and analog variation of synapses between cortical pyramidal neurons. eLife 2022; 11:e76120. [PMID: 36382887 PMCID: PMC9704804 DOI: 10.7554/elife.76120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Learning from experience depends at least in part on changes in neuronal connections. We present the largest map of connectivity to date between cortical neurons of a defined type (layer 2/3 [L2/3] pyramidal cells in mouse primary visual cortex), which was enabled by automated analysis of serial section electron microscopy images with improved handling of image defects (250 × 140 × 90 μm3 volume). We used the map to identify constraints on the learning algorithms employed by the cortex. Previous cortical studies modeled a continuum of synapse sizes by a log-normal distribution. A continuum is consistent with most neural network models of learning, in which synaptic strength is a continuously graded analog variable. Here, we show that synapse size, when restricted to synapses between L2/3 pyramidal cells, is well modeled by the sum of a binary variable and an analog variable drawn from a log-normal distribution. Two synapses sharing the same presynaptic and postsynaptic cells are known to be correlated in size. We show that the binary variables of the two synapses are highly correlated, while the analog variables are not. Binary variation could be the outcome of a Hebbian or other synaptic plasticity rule depending on activity signals that are relatively uniform across neuronal arbors, while analog variation may be dominated by other influences such as spontaneous dynamical fluctuations. We discuss the implications for the longstanding hypothesis that activity-dependent plasticity switches synapses between bistable states.
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- Sven Dorkenwald
- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton UniversityPrincetonUnited States
- Computer Science Department, Princeton UniversityPrincetonUnited States
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- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton UniversityPrincetonUnited States
- Computer Science Department, Princeton UniversityPrincetonUnited States
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- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton UniversityPrincetonUnited States
- Computer Science Department, Princeton UniversityPrincetonUnited States
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- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton UniversityPrincetonUnited States
- Brain & Cognitive Sciences Department, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridgeUnited States
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- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton UniversityPrincetonUnited States
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- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton UniversityPrincetonUnited States
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- Allen Institute for Brain ScienceSeattleUnited States
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- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton UniversityPrincetonUnited States
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- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton UniversityPrincetonUnited States
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- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton UniversityPrincetonUnited States
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- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton UniversityPrincetonUnited States
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- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton UniversityPrincetonUnited States
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- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton UniversityPrincetonUnited States
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- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton UniversityPrincetonUnited States
- Computer Science Department, Princeton UniversityPrincetonUnited States
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- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton UniversityPrincetonUnited States
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- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton UniversityPrincetonUnited States
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- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton UniversityPrincetonUnited States
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- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton UniversityPrincetonUnited States
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- Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of MedicineHoustonUnited States
- Center for Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence, Baylor College of MedicineHoustonUnited States
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- Allen Institute for Brain ScienceSeattleUnited States
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- Allen Institute for Brain ScienceSeattleUnited States
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- Allen Institute for Brain ScienceSeattleUnited States
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- Allen Institute for Brain ScienceSeattleUnited States
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- Allen Institute for Brain ScienceSeattleUnited States
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- Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of MedicineHoustonUnited States
- Center for Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence, Baylor College of MedicineHoustonUnited States
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- Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of MedicineHoustonUnited States
- Center for Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence, Baylor College of MedicineHoustonUnited States
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice UniversityHoustonUnited States
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- Allen Institute for Brain ScienceSeattleUnited States
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- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton UniversityPrincetonUnited States
- Computer Science Department, Princeton UniversityPrincetonUnited States
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Wong FK, Selten M, Rosés-Novella C, Sreenivasan V, Pallas-Bazarra N, Serafeimidou-Pouliou E, Hanusz-Godoy A, Oozeer F, Edwards R, Marín O. Serotonergic regulation of bipolar cell survival in the developing cerebral cortex. Cell Rep 2022; 40:111037. [PMID: 35793629 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2021] [Revised: 03/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
One key factor underlying the functional balance of cortical networks is the ratio of excitatory and inhibitory neurons. The mechanisms controlling the ultimate number of interneurons are beginning to be elucidated, but to what extent similar principles govern the survival of the large diversity of cortical inhibitory cells remains to be investigated. Here, we investigate the mechanisms regulating developmental cell death in neurogliaform cells, bipolar cells, and basket cells, the three main populations of interneurons originating from the caudal ganglionic eminence and the preoptic region. We found that all three subclasses of interneurons undergo activity-dependent programmed cell death. However, while neurogliaform cells and basket cells require glutamatergic transmission to survive, the final number of bipolar cells is instead modulated by serotonergic signaling. Together, our results demonstrate that input-specific modulation of neuronal activity controls the survival of cortical interneurons during the critical period of programmed cell death.
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- Fong Kuan Wong
- Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK; MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK; MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK; MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK; MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK; MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK; MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK; MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK; MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- Department of Physiology and Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK; MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK.
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Kanari L, Dictus H, Chalimourda A, Arnaudon A, Van Geit W, Coste B, Shillcock J, Hess K, Markram H. Computational synthesis of cortical dendritic morphologies. Cell Rep 2022; 39:110586. [PMID: 35385736 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 07/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Neuronal morphologies provide the foundation for the electrical behavior of neurons, the connectomes they form, and the dynamical properties of the brain. Comprehensive neuron models are essential for defining cell types, discerning their functional roles, and investigating brain-disease-related dendritic alterations. However, a lack of understanding of the principles underlying neuron morphologies has hindered attempts to computationally synthesize morphologies for decades. We introduce a synthesis algorithm based on a topological descriptor of neurons, which enables the rapid digital reconstruction of entire brain regions from few reference cells. This topology-guided synthesis generates dendrites that are statistically similar to biological reconstructions in terms of morpho-electrical and connectivity properties and offers a significant opportunity to investigate the links between neuronal morphology and brain function across different spatiotemporal scales. Synthesized cortical networks based on structurally altered dendrites associated with diverse brain pathologies revealed principles linking branching properties to the structure of large-scale networks.
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Rolotti SV, Blockus H, Sparks FT, Priestley JB, Losonczy A. Reorganization of CA1 dendritic dynamics by hippocampal sharp-wave ripples during learning. Neuron 2022; 110:977-991.e4. [PMID: 35041805 PMCID: PMC8930454 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Revised: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The hippocampus plays a critical role in memory consolidation, mediated by coordinated network activity during sharp-wave ripple (SWR) events. Despite the link between SWRs and hippocampal plasticity, little is known about how network state affects information processing in dendrites, the primary sites of synaptic input integration and plasticity. Here, we monitored somatic and basal dendritic activity in CA1 pyramidal cells in behaving mice using longitudinal two-photon calcium imaging integrated with simultaneous local field potential recordings. We found immobility was associated with an increase in dendritic activity concentrated during SWRs. Coincident dendritic and somatic activity during SWRs predicted increased coupling during subsequent exploration of a novel environment. In contrast, somatic-dendritic coupling and SWR recruitment varied with cells' tuning distance to reward location during a goal-learning task. Our results connect SWRs with the stabilization of information processing within CA1 neurons and suggest that these mechanisms may be dynamically biased by behavioral demands.
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- Sebi V Rolotti
- Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA; Doctoral Program in Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA; Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
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- Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA; Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA; Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA; Doctoral Program in Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA; Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA; Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA; Kavli Institute for Brain Science, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
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Sahu G, Turner RW. The Molecular Basis for the Calcium-Dependent Slow Afterhyperpolarization in CA1 Hippocampal Pyramidal Neurons. Front Physiol 2022; 12:759707. [PMID: 35002757 PMCID: PMC8730529 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.759707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Neuronal signal transmission depends on the frequency, pattern, and timing of spike output, each of which are shaped by spike afterhyperpolarizations (AHPs). There are classically three post-spike AHPs of increasing duration categorized as fast, medium and slow AHPs that hyperpolarize a cell over a range of 10 ms to 30 s. Intensive early work on CA1 hippocampal pyramidal cells revealed that all three AHPs incorporate activation of calcium-gated potassium channels. The ionic basis for a fAHP was rapidly attributed to the actions of big conductance (BK) and the mAHP to small conductance (SK) or Kv7 potassium channels. In stark contrast, the ionic basis for a prominent slow AHP of up to 30 s duration remained an enigma for over 30 years. Recent advances in pharmacological, molecular, and imaging tools have uncovered the expression of a calcium-gated intermediate conductance potassium channel (IK, KCa3.1) in central neurons that proves to contribute to the slow AHP in CA1 hippocampal pyramidal cells. Together the data show that the sAHP arises in part from a core tripartite complex between Cav1.3 (L-type) calcium channels, ryanodine receptors, and IK channels at endoplasmic reticulum-plasma membrane junctions. Work on the sAHP in CA1 pyramidal neurons has again quickened pace, with identified contributions by both IK channels and the Na-K pump providing answers to several mysteries in the pharmacological properties of the sAHP.
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- Giriraj Sahu
- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad, India
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- Department Cell Biology & Anatomy, Cumming School of Medicine, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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Sajedi S, Fellner A, Werginz P, Rattay F. Block Phenomena During Electric Micro-Stimulation of Pyramidal Cells and Retinal Ganglion Cells. Front Cell Neurosci 2021; 15:771600. [PMID: 34899192 PMCID: PMC8663762 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2021.771600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Electric micro-stimulation of the nervous system is a means to restore various body functions. The stimulus amplitude necessary to generate action potentials, the lower threshold (LT), is well characterized for many neuronal populations. However, electric overstimulation above an upper threshold (UT) prevents action potential generation and therefore hinders optimal neuro-rehabilitation. Previous studies demonstrated the impact of the UT in micro-stimulation of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). The observed phenomenon is mostly explained by (i) reversed sodium ion flow in the soma membrane, and (ii) anodal surround block that hinders spike conduction in strongly hyperpolarized regions of the axon at high stimulus intensities. However, up to now, no detailed study of the nature of these phenomena has been presented, particularly for different cell types. Here, we present computational analyses of LT and UT for layer 5 pyramidal cells (PCs) as well as alpha RGCs. Model neurons were stimulated in close vicinity to the cell body and LTs and UTs as well as the ratio UT/LT were compared. Aside from a simple point source electrode and monophasic stimuli also realistic electrode and pulse configurations were examined. The analysis showed: (i) in RGCs, the soma contributed to action potential initiation and block for small electrode distances, whereas in PCs the soma played no role in LTs or UTs. (ii) In both cell types, action potential always initiated within the axon initial segment at LT. (iii) In contrast to a complete block of spike conductance at UT that occurred in RGCs, an incomplete block of spiking appeared in PC axon collaterals. (iv) PC axon collateral arrangement influenced UTs but had small impact on LTs. (v) Population responses of RGCs change from circular regions of activation to ring-shaped patterns for increasing stimulus amplitude. A better understanding of the stimulation window that can reliably activate target neurons will benefit the future development of neuroprostheses.
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- Sogand Sajedi
- Institute for Analysis and Scientific Computing, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Analysis and Scientific Computing, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Analysis and Scientific Computing, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Analysis and Scientific Computing, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
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Karagiannis A, Gallopin T, Lacroix A, Plaisier F, Piquet J, Geoffroy H, Hepp R, Naudé J, Le Gac B, Egger R, Lambolez B, Li D, Rossier J, Staiger JF, Imamura H, Seino S, Roeper J, Cauli B. Lactate is an energy substrate for rodent cortical neurons and enhances their firing activity. eLife 2021; 10:e71424. [PMID: 34766906 PMCID: PMC8651295 DOI: 10.7554/elife.71424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Accepted: 11/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Glucose is the mandatory fuel for the brain, yet the relative contribution of glucose and lactate for neuronal energy metabolism is unclear. We found that increased lactate, but not glucose concentration, enhances the spiking activity of neurons of the cerebral cortex. Enhanced spiking was dependent on ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channels formed with KCNJ11 and ABCC8 subunits, which we show are functionally expressed in most neocortical neuronal types. We also demonstrate the ability of cortical neurons to take-up and metabolize lactate. We further reveal that ATP is produced by cortical neurons largely via oxidative phosphorylation and only modestly by glycolysis. Our data demonstrate that in active neurons, lactate is preferred to glucose as an energy substrate, and that lactate metabolism shapes neuronal activity in the neocortex through KATP channels. Our results highlight the importance of metabolic crosstalk between neurons and astrocytes for brain function.
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- Anastassios Karagiannis
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, INSERM, Neurosciences Paris Seine - Institut de Biologie Paris Seine (NPS-IBPS)ParisFrance
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- Brain Plasticity Unit, CNRS UMR 8249, CNRS, ESPCI ParisParisFrance
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, INSERM, Neurosciences Paris Seine - Institut de Biologie Paris Seine (NPS-IBPS)ParisFrance
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, INSERM, Neurosciences Paris Seine - Institut de Biologie Paris Seine (NPS-IBPS)ParisFrance
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, INSERM, Neurosciences Paris Seine - Institut de Biologie Paris Seine (NPS-IBPS)ParisFrance
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- Brain Plasticity Unit, CNRS UMR 8249, CNRS, ESPCI ParisParisFrance
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, INSERM, Neurosciences Paris Seine - Institut de Biologie Paris Seine (NPS-IBPS)ParisFrance
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, INSERM, Neurosciences Paris Seine - Institut de Biologie Paris Seine (NPS-IBPS)ParisFrance
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, INSERM, Neurosciences Paris Seine - Institut de Biologie Paris Seine (NPS-IBPS)ParisFrance
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- Institute for Neurophysiology, Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurtGermany
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, INSERM, Neurosciences Paris Seine - Institut de Biologie Paris Seine (NPS-IBPS)ParisFrance
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, INSERM, Neurosciences Paris Seine - Institut de Biologie Paris Seine (NPS-IBPS)ParisFrance
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, INSERM, Neurosciences Paris Seine - Institut de Biologie Paris Seine (NPS-IBPS)ParisFrance
- Brain Plasticity Unit, CNRS UMR 8249, CNRS, ESPCI ParisParisFrance
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- Institute for Neuroanatomy, University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg-August- University GöttingenGoettingenGermany
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- Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto UniversityKyotoJapan
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- Division of Molecular and Metabolic Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of MedicineHyogoJapan
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- Institute for Neurophysiology, Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurtGermany
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, INSERM, Neurosciences Paris Seine - Institut de Biologie Paris Seine (NPS-IBPS)ParisFrance
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Gutman-Wei AY, Brown SP. Mechanisms Underlying Target Selectivity for Cell Types and Subcellular Domains in Developing Neocortical Circuits. Front Neural Circuits 2021; 15:728832. [PMID: 34630048 PMCID: PMC8497978 DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2021.728832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2021] [Accepted: 08/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
The cerebral cortex contains numerous neuronal cell types, distinguished by their molecular identity as well as their electrophysiological and morphological properties. Cortical function is reliant on stereotyped patterns of synaptic connectivity and synaptic function among these neuron types, but how these patterns are established during development remains poorly understood. Selective targeting not only of different cell types but also of distinct postsynaptic neuronal domains occurs in many brain circuits and is directed by multiple mechanisms. These mechanisms include the regulation of axonal and dendritic guidance and fine-scale morphogenesis of pre- and postsynaptic processes, lineage relationships, activity dependent mechanisms and intercellular molecular determinants such as transmembrane and secreted molecules, many of which have also been implicated in neurodevelopmental disorders. However, many studies of synaptic targeting have focused on circuits in which neuronal processes target different lamina, such that cell-type-biased connectivity may be confounded with mechanisms of laminar specificity. In the cerebral cortex, each cortical layer contains cell bodies and processes from intermingled neuronal cell types, an arrangement that presents a challenge for the development of target-selective synapse formation. Here, we address progress and future directions in the study of cell-type-biased synaptic targeting in the cerebral cortex. We highlight challenges to identifying developmental mechanisms generating stereotyped patterns of intracortical connectivity, recent developments in uncovering the determinants of synaptic target selection during cortical synapse formation, and current gaps in the understanding of cortical synapse specificity.
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- Alan Y. Gutman-Wei
- Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
- Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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Wang KY, Wu JW, Cheng JK, Chen CC, Wong WY, Averkin RG, Tamás G, Nakazawa K, Lien CC. Elevation of hilar mossy cell activity suppresses hippocampal excitability and avoidance behavior. Cell Rep 2021; 36:109702. [PMID: 34525354 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Revised: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Modulation of hippocampal dentate gyrus (DG) excitability regulates anxiety. In the DG, glutamatergic mossy cells (MCs) receive the excitatory drive from principal granule cells (GCs) and mediate the feedback excitation and inhibition of GCs. However, the circuit mechanism by which MCs regulate anxiety-related information routing through hippocampal circuits remains unclear. Moreover, the correlation between MC activity and anxiety states is unclear. In this study, we first demonstrate, by means of calcium fiber photometry, that MC activity in the ventral hippocampus (vHPC) of mice increases while they explore anxiogenic environments. Next, juxtacellular recordings reveal that optogenetic activation of MCs preferentially recruits GABAergic neurons, thereby suppressing GCs and ventral CA1 neurons. Finally, chemogenetic excitation of MCs in the vHPC reduces avoidance behaviors in both healthy and anxious mice. These results not only indicate an anxiolytic role of MCs but also suggest that MCs may be a potential therapeutic target for anxiety disorders.
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- Kai-Yi Wang
- Institute of Neuroscience, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan
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- Institute of Neuroscience, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei 252, Taiwan; Department of Anesthesiology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 104, Taiwan
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- Institute of Neuroscience, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan
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- ELKH-SZTE Research Group for Cortical Microcircuits, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Neuroscience, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52, Szeged 6726, Hungary
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- ELKH-SZTE Research Group for Cortical Microcircuits, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Neuroscience, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52, Szeged 6726, Hungary
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- Department of Neuroscience, Southern Research, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA; Department of Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Institute of Neuroscience, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan; Brain Research Center, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan.
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Spratt PWE, Alexander RPD, Ben-Shalom R, Sahagun A, Kyoung H, Keeshen CM, Sanders SJ, Bender KJ. Paradoxical hyperexcitability from Na V1.2 sodium channel loss in neocortical pyramidal cells. Cell Rep 2021; 36:109483. [PMID: 34348157 PMCID: PMC8719649 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Loss-of-function variants in the gene SCN2A, which encodes the sodium channel NaV1.2, are strongly associated with autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability. An estimated 20%-30% of children with these variants also suffer from epilepsy, with altered neuronal activity originating in neocortex, a region where NaV1.2 channels are expressed predominantly in excitatory pyramidal cells. This is paradoxical, as sodium channel loss in excitatory cells would be expected to dampen neocortical activity rather than promote seizure. Here, we examined pyramidal neurons lacking NaV1.2 channels and found that they were intrinsically hyperexcitable, firing high-frequency bursts of action potentials (APs) despite decrements in AP size and speed. Compartmental modeling and dynamic-clamp recordings revealed that NaV1.2 loss prevented potassium channels from properly repolarizing neurons between APs, increasing overall excitability by allowing neurons to reach threshold for subsequent APs more rapidly. This cell-intrinsic mechanism may, therefore, account for why SCN2A loss-of-function can paradoxically promote seizure.
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- Perry W E Spratt
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; Department of Neurology, Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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The dendrites of neocortical pyramidal neurons are excitable. However, it is unknown how synaptic inputs engage nonlinear dendritic mechanisms during sensory processing in vivo, and how they in turn influence action potential output. Here, we provide a quantitative account of the relationship between synaptic inputs, nonlinear dendritic events, and action potential output. We developed a detailed pyramidal neuron model constrained by in vivo dendritic recordings. We drive this model with realistic input patterns constrained by sensory responses measured in vivo and connectivity measured in vitro. We show mechanistically that under realistic conditions, dendritic Na+ and NMDA spikes are the major determinants of neuronal output in vivo. We demonstrate that these dendritic spikes can be triggered by a surprisingly small number of strong synaptic inputs, in some cases even by single synapses. We predict that dendritic excitability allows the 1% strongest synaptic inputs of a neuron to control the tuning of its output. Active dendrites therefore allow smaller subcircuits consisting of only a few strongly connected neurons to achieve selectivity for specific sensory features.
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- Lea Goetz
- Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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Mohan S, Tiwari MN, Stanojević M, Biala Y, Yaari Y. Muscarinic regulation of the neuronal Na + /K + -ATPase in rat hippocampus. J Physiol 2021; 599:3735-3754. [PMID: 34148230 DOI: 10.1113/jp281460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS Stimulation of postsynaptic muscarinic receptors was shown to excite principal hippocampal neurons by modulating several membrane ion conductances. We show here that activation of postsynaptic muscarinic receptors also causes neuronal excitation by inhibiting Na+ /K+ -ATPase activity. Muscarinic Na+ /K+ -ATPase inhibition is mediated by two separate signalling pathways that lead downstream to enhanced Na+ /K+ -ATPase phosphorylation by activating protein kinase C and protein kinase G. Muscarinic excitation through Na+ /K+ -ATPase inhibition is probably involved in cholinergic modulation of hippocampal activity and may turn out to be a widespread mechanism of neuronal excitation in the brain. ABSTRACT Stimulation of muscarinic cholinergic receptors on principal hippocampal neurons enhances intrinsic neuronal excitability by modulating several membrane ion conductances. The electrogenic Na+ /K+ -ATPase (NKA; the 'Na+ pump') is a ubiquitous regulator of intrinsic neuronal excitability, generating a hyperpolarizing current to thwart excessive neuronal firing. Using electrophysiological and pharmacological methodologies in rat hippocampal slices, we show that neuronal NKA pumping activity is also subjected to cholinergic regulation. Stimulation of postsynaptic muscarinic, but not nicotinic, cholinergic receptors activates membrane-bound phospholipase C and hydrolysis of membrane-integral phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate into diacylglycerol (DAG) and inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate (IP3 ). Along one signalling pathway, DAG activates protein kinase C (PKC). Along a second signalling pathway, IP3 causes Ca2+ release from the endoplasmic reticulum, facilitating nitric oxide (NO) production. The rise in NO levels stimulates cGMP synthesis by guanylate-cyclase, activating protein kinase G (PKG). The two pathways converge to cause partial NKA inhibition through enzyme phosphorylation by PKC and PKG, leading to a marked increase in intrinsic neuronal excitability. This novel mechanism of neuronal NKA regulation probably contributes to the cholinergic modulation of hippocampal activity in spatial navigation, learning and memory.
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- Sandesh Mohan
- Department of Medical Neurobiology, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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- Department of Medical Neurobiology, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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- Department of Medical Neurobiology, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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- Department of Medical Neurobiology, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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- Department of Medical Neurobiology, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Medicine, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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Reinhart CJ, McIntyre DC, Pellis SM, Kolb BE. Prefrontal neuronal morphology in kindling-prone (FAST) and kindling-resistant (SLOW) rats. Synapse 2021; 75:e22217. [PMID: 34120374 DOI: 10.1002/syn.22217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The epileptogenic-prone (FAST) and epileptogenic-resistant (SLOW) rat strains have become a valuable tool for investigating neural plasticity. The strains were generated by breeding the rats that required the fewest amygdala stimulations to elicit a stage-5 convulsive seizure (FAST) and rats requiring the most stimulations (SLOW). Previous studies have shown differences in behavior and amygdala physiology in the two strains. This study examined the dendritic morphology of pyramidal neurons in the brains of adult male and female rats of the two strains. The brains were stained with the Golgi-Cox method and the length and branching from layer III pyramidal cells were measured in parietal cortex (Zilles Par1), medial frontal cortex (Zilles Cg3), and orbitofrontal cortex (Zilles AID) in these two strains of rats. We observed significantly longer dendrites in Cg3 in the FAST group but longer dendrites in the SLOW group in AID and Par1. There was also a sex difference (M > F) in Par1 in both strains. These morphological differences can provide insights into the neurobiological basis of the behavioral differences and suggest that localized changes in the amygdala do not occur independently of changes in other brain regions, and especially prefrontal cortex.
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- Christine J Reinhart
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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- Institute for Neuroscience, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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Li J, Deng S, He Q, Ke W, Shu Y. Asynchronous Glutamate Release at Autapses Regulates Spike Reliability and Precision in Mouse Neocortical Pyramidal Cells. Cereb Cortex 2021; 31:2278-2290. [PMID: 33279969 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhaa361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Revised: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Autapses are self-synapses of a neuron. Inhibitory autapses in the neocortex release GABA in 2 modes, synchronous release and asynchronous release (AR), providing precise and prolonged self-inhibition, respectively. A subpopulation of neocortical pyramidal cells (PCs) also forms functional autapses, activation of which promotes burst firing by strong unitary autaptic response that reflects synchronous glutamate release. However, it remains unclear whether AR occurs at PC autapses and plays a role in neuronal signaling. We performed whole-cell recordings from layer-5 PCs in slices of mouse prefrontal cortex (PFC). In response to action potential (AP) burst, 63% of PCs showed robust long-lasting autaptic AR, much stronger than synaptic AR between neighboring PCs. The autaptic AR is mediated predominantly by P/Q-type Ca2+ channels, and its strength depends on the intensity of PC activity and the level of residual Ca2+. Further experiments revealed that autaptic AR enhances spiking activities but reduces the temporal precision of post-burst APs. Together, the results show the occurrence of AR at PC autapses, the delayed and persistent glutamate AR causes self-excitation in individual PCs but may desynchronize the autaptic PC population. Thus, glutamatergic autapses should be essential elements in PFC and contribute to cortical information processing.
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- Junlong Li
- State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Institute for Translational Brain Research, MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Institute for Translational Brain Research, MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Institute for Translational Brain Research, MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Institute for Translational Brain Research, MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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Ravasz L, Kékesi KA, Mittli D, Todorov MI, Borhegyi Z, Ercsey-Ravasz M, Tyukodi B, Wang J, Bártfai T, Eberwine J, Juhász G. Cell Surface Protein mRNAs Show Differential Transcription in Pyramidal and Fast-Spiking Cells as Revealed by Single-Cell Sequencing. Cereb Cortex 2021; 31:731-745. [PMID: 32710103 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhaa195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2019] [Revised: 05/27/2020] [Accepted: 06/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The prefrontal cortex (PFC) plays a key role in higher order cognitive functions and psychiatric disorders such as autism, schizophrenia, and depression. In the PFC, the two major classes of neurons are the glutamatergic pyramidal (Pyr) cells and the GABAergic interneurons such as fast-spiking (FS) cells. Despite extensive electrophysiological, morphological, and pharmacological studies of the PFC, the therapeutically utilized drug targets are restricted to dopaminergic, glutamatergic, and GABAergic receptors. To expand the pharmacological possibilities as well as to better understand the cellular and network effects of clinically used drugs, it is important to identify cell-type-selective, druggable cell surface proteins and to link developed drug candidates to Pyr or FS cell targets. To identify the mRNAs of such cell-specific/enriched proteins, we performed ultra-deep single-cell mRNA sequencing (19 685 transcripts in total) on electrophysiologically characterized intact PFC neurons harvested from acute brain slices of mice. Several selectively expressed transcripts were identified with some of the genes that have already been associated with cellular mechanisms of psychiatric diseases, which we can now assign to Pyr (e.g., Kcnn2, Gria3) or FS (e.g., Kcnk2, Kcnmb1) cells. The earlier classification of PFC neurons was also confirmed at mRNA level, and additional markers have been provided.
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- Lilla Ravasz
- ELTE NAP Neuroimmunology Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest H-1117, Hungary.,Laboratory of Proteomics, Institute of Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest H-1117, Hungary
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- ELTE NAP Neuroimmunology Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest H-1117, Hungary.,Laboratory of Proteomics, Institute of Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest H-1117, Hungary.,Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Institute of Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest H-1117, Hungary
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- Laboratory of Proteomics, Institute of Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest H-1117, Hungary
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- Laboratory of Proteomics, Institute of Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest H-1117, Hungary
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- ELTE NAP Neuroimmunology Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest H-1117, Hungary.,Laboratory of Proteomics, Institute of Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest H-1117, Hungary
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- Faculty of Physics, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca RO-400084, Romania.,Transylvanian Institute of Neuroscience, Cluj-Napoca RO-400157, Romania
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- Faculty of Physics, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca RO-400084, Romania.,Martin Fisher School of Physics, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02451, USA
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- Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm SE-106 91, Sweden
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- Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- ELTE NAP Neuroimmunology Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest H-1117, Hungary.,Laboratory of Proteomics, Institute of Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest H-1117, Hungary.,CRU Hungary Ltd., H-2131 Göd, Hungary
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Datta D, Enwright JF, Arion D, Paspalas CD, Morozov YM, Lewis DA, Arnsten AFT. Mapping Phosphodiesterase 4D (PDE4D) in Macaque Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex: Postsynaptic Compartmentalization in Layer III Pyramidal Cell Circuits. Front Neuroanat 2020; 14:578483. [PMID: 33328902 PMCID: PMC7714912 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2020.578483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 10/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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cAMP signaling has powerful, negative effects on cognitive functions of the primate dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC), opening potassium channels to reduce firing and impair working memory, and increasing tau phosphorylation in aging neurons. This contrasts with cAMP actions in classic circuits, where it enhances plasticity and transmitter release. PDE4 isozymes regulate cAMP actions, and thus have been a focus of research and drug discovery. Previous work has focused on the localization of PDE4A and PDE4B in dlPFC, but PDE4D is also of great interest, as it is the predominant PDE4 isoform in primate association cortex, and PDE4D expression decreases with aging in human dlPFC. Here we used laser-capture microdissection transcriptomics and found that PDE4D message is enriched in pyramidal cells compared to GABAergic PV-interneurons in layer III of the human dlPFC. A parallel study in rhesus macaques using high-spatial resolution immunoelectron microscopy revealed the ultrastructural locations of PDE4D in primate dlPFC with clarity not possible in human post-mortem tissue. PDE4D was especially prominent in dendrites associated with microtubules, mitochondria, and likely smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER). There was substantial postsynaptic labeling in dendritic spines, associated with the SER spine-apparatus near glutamatergic-like axospinous synapses, but sparse labeling in axon terminals. We also observed dense PDE4D labeling perisynaptically in astroglial leaflets ensheathing glutamatergic connections. These data suggest that PDE4D is strategically positioned to regulate cAMP signaling in dlPFC glutamatergic synapses and circuits, especially in postsynaptic compartments where it is localized to influence cAMP actions on intracellular trafficking, mitochondrial physiology, and internal calcium release.
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- Dibyadeep Datta
- Department of Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Translational Neuroscience Program, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Translational Neuroscience Program, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Translational Neuroscience Program, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
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Mallya AP, Wang HD, Lee HNR, Deutch AY. Microglial Pruning of Synapses in the Prefrontal Cortex During Adolescence. Cereb Cortex 2020; 29:1634-1643. [PMID: 29668872 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhy061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2017] [Revised: 02/19/2018] [Accepted: 02/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Exaggerated synaptic elimination in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) during adolescence has been suggested to contribute to the neuropathological changes of schizophrenia. Recent data indicate that microglia (MG) sculpt synapses during early postnatal development. However, it is not known if MG contribute to the structural maturation of the PFC, which has a protracted postnatal development. We determined if MG are involved in developmentally specific synapse elimination in the PFC, focusing on adolescence. Layer 5 PFC pyramidal cells (PCs) were intracellularly filled with Lucifer Yellow for dendritic spine measurements in postnatal day (P) 24, P30, P35, P39, and P50 rats. In the contralateral PFC we evaluated if MG engulfed presynaptic (glutamatergic) and postsynaptic (dendritic spines) elements. Dendritic spine density increased from P24 to P35, when spine density peaked. There was a significant increase in MG engulfment of spines at P39 relative to earlier ages; this subsided by P50. MG also phagocytosed presynaptic glutamatergic terminals. These data indicate that MG transiently prune synapses of PFC PCs during adolescence, when the symptoms of schizophrenia typically first appear. An increase in MG-mediated synaptic remodeling of PFC PCs may contribute to the structural changes observed in schizophrenia.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Neuroscience Program, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Neuroscience Program, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.,Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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Adeel A. Conscious Multisensory Integration: Introducing a Universal Contextual Field in Biological and Deep Artificial Neural Networks. Front Comput Neurosci 2020; 14:15. [PMID: 32508610 PMCID: PMC7248356 DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2020.00015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2019] [Accepted: 02/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Conscious awareness plays a major role in human cognition and adaptive behavior, though its function in multisensory integration is not yet fully understood, hence, questions remain: How does the brain integrate the incoming multisensory signals with respect to different external environments? How are the roles of these multisensory signals defined to adhere to the anticipated behavioral-constraint of the environment? This work seeks to articulate a novel theory on conscious multisensory integration (CMI) that addresses the aforementioned research challenges. Specifically, the well-established contextual field (CF) in pyramidal cells and coherent infomax theory (Kay et al., 1998; Kay and Phillips, 2011) is split into two functionally distinctive integrated input fields: local contextual field (LCF) and universal contextual field (UCF). LCF defines the modulatory sensory signal coming from some other parts of the brain (in principle from anywhere in space-time) and UCF defines the outside environment and anticipated behavior (based on past learning and reasoning). Both LCF and UCF are integrated with the receptive field (RF) to develop a new class of contextually-adaptive neuron (CAN), which adapts to changing environments. The proposed theory is evaluated using human contextual audio-visual (AV) speech modeling. Simulation results provide new insights into contextual modulation and selective multisensory information amplification/suppression. The central hypothesis reviewed here suggests that the pyramidal cell, in addition to the classical excitatory and inhibitory signals, receives LCF and UCF inputs. The UCF (as a steering force or tuner) plays a decisive role in precisely selecting whether to amplify/suppress the transmission of relevant/irrelevant feedforward signals, without changing the content e.g., which information is worth paying more attention to? This, as opposed to, unconditional excitatory and inhibitory activity in existing deep neural networks (DNNs), is called conditional amplification/suppression.
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- Ahsan Adeel
- Oxford Computational Neuroscience, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- School of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
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Yamamuro K, Yoshino H, Ogawa Y, Okamura K, Nishihata Y, Makinodan M, Saito Y, Kishimoto T. Juvenile Social Isolation Enhances the Activity of Inhibitory Neuronal Circuits in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex. Front Cell Neurosci 2020; 14:105. [PMID: 32477068 PMCID: PMC7235301 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2020.00105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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During brain development, the design of primary neural networks is primarily determined by environmental stimuli after their formation. In particular, the juvenile period is critical, during which neuronal circuits that consist of both excitatory and inhibitory neurons are remodeled by experience. Social isolation during the juvenile period profoundly affects brain development and contributes to the development of psychiatric disorders. We previously reported that 2 weeks of social isolation after weaning reduced excitatory synaptic inputs and intrinsic excitability in a subtype of layer 5 pyramidal cells, which we defined as prominent h-current (PH) cells, in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) in mice. However, it remains unclear how juvenile social isolation affects inhibitory neuronal circuits that consist of pyramidal cells and interneurons. We found that 2 weeks of social isolation after weaning increased inhibitory synaptic inputs exclusively onto PH cells with a concomitant deterioration of action potential properties. Although social isolation did not alter the inhibitory synaptic release mechanisms or the number of inhibitory functional synapses on PH cells, we found that it increased the intrinsic excitability of fast-spiking (FS) interneurons with less excitatory synaptic inputs and more h-current. Our findings indicate that juvenile social isolation enhances the activity of inhibitory neuronal circuits in the mPFC.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan
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The first patch-clamp recordings from the dendrites of human neocortical neurons have recently been reported by Beaulieu-Laroche et al. and Gidon et al. These studies have shown that human dendrites are electrically excitable, exhibiting backpropagating action potentials and fast dendritic calcium spikes. This new frontier highlights the potential for interspecies differences in the biophysics of dendritic computation.
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- Mehmet Fişek
- Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK; Department of Neuroscience, Physiology, and Pharmacology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK; Department of Neuroscience, Physiology, and Pharmacology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
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Hong T, Falcone C, Dufour B, Amina S, Castro RP, Regalado J, Pearson W, Noctor SC, Martínez-Cerdeño V. GABA ARα2 is Decreased in the Axon Initial Segment of Pyramidal Cells in Specific Areas of the Prefrontal Cortex in Autism. Neuroscience 2020; 437:76-86. [PMID: 32335215 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.04.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2019] [Revised: 04/13/2020] [Accepted: 04/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Some forms of Autism Spectrum Disorder, a neurodevelopmental syndrome characterized by impaired communication and social skills as well as repetitive behaviors, are purportedly associated with dysregulation of the excitation/inhibition balance in the cerebral cortex. Through human postmortem tissue analysis, we previously found a significant decrease in the number of a gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic interneuron subtype, the chandelier (Ch) cell, in the prefrontal cortex of subjects with autism. Ch cells exclusively target the axon initial segment (AIS) of excitatory pyramidal (Pyr) neurons, and a single Ch cell forms synapses on hundreds of Pyr cells, indicating a possible role in maintaining electrical balance. Thus, we herein investigated this crucial link between Ch and Pyr cells in the anatomy of autism neuropathology by examining GABA receptor protein expression in the Pyr cell AIS in subjects with autism. We collected tissue from the prefrontal cortex (Brodmann Areas (BA) 9, 46, and 47) of 20 subjects with autism and 20 age- and sex-matched control subjects. Immunohistochemical staining with antibodies against the GABAA receptor subunit α2 (GABAARα2) - the subunit most prevalent in the Pyr cell AIS - revealed a significantly decreased GABAARα2 protein in the Pyr cell AIS in supragranular layers of prefrontal cortical areas BA9 and BA47 in autism. Downregulated GABAARα2 protein in the Pyr cell AIS may result from decreased GABA synthesis in the prefrontal cortex of subjects with autism, and thereby contribute to an excitation/inhibition imbalance. Our findings support the potential for GABA receptor agonists asa therapeutic tool for autism.
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Nokia MS, Waselius T, Sahramäki J, Penttonen M. Most hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells in rabbits increase firing during awake sharp-wave ripples and some do so in response to external stimulation and theta. J Neurophysiol 2020; 123:1671-1681. [PMID: 32208887 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00056.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Hippocampus forms neural representations of real-life events including multimodal information of spatial and temporal context. These representations, i.e., organized sequences of neuronal firing, are repeated during following rest and sleep, especially when so-called sharp-wave ripples (SPW-Rs) characterize hippocampal local field potentials. This SPW-R -related replay is thought to underlie memory consolidation. Here, we set out to explore how hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells respond to the conditioned stimulus during trace eyeblink conditioning and how these responses manifest during SPW-Rs in awake adult female New Zealand White rabbits. Based on reports in rodents, we expected SPW-Rs to take place in bursts, possibly according to a slow endogenous rhythm. In awake rabbits, half of all SPW-Rs took place in bursts, but no endogenous slow rhythm appeared. Conditioning trials suppressed SPW-Rs while increasing theta for a period of several seconds. As expected based on previous findings, only a quarter of the putative CA1 pyramidal cells increased firing in response to the conditioned stimulus. Compared with other cells, rate-increasing cells were more active during spontaneous epochs of hippocampal theta while response profile during conditioning did not affect firing during SPW-Rs. Taken together, CA1 pyramidal cell firing during SPW-Rs is not limited to cells that fired during the preceding experience. Furthermore, the importance of possible reactivations taking place during theta epochs on memory consolidation warrants further investigation.NEW & NOTEWORTHY We studied hippocampal sharp-wave ripples and theta and CA1 pyramidal cell activity during trace eyeblink conditioning in rabbits. Conditioning trials suppressed ripples while increasing theta for a period of several seconds. A quarter of the cells increased firing in response to the conditioned stimulus and fired extensively during endogenous theta as well as ripples. The role of endogenous theta epochs in off-line memory consolidation should be studied further.
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- Miriam S Nokia
- Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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Gill DF, Hansel C. Muscarinic Modulation of SK2-Type K + Channels Promotes Intrinsic Plasticity in L2/3 Pyramidal Neurons of the Mouse Primary Somatosensory Cortex. eNeuro 2020; 7:ENEURO.0453-19.2020. [PMID: 32005752 PMCID: PMC7294454 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0453-19.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2019] [Revised: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs) inhibit small-conductance calcium-activated K+ channels (SK channels) and enhance synaptic weight via this mechanism. SK channels are also involved in activity-dependent plasticity of membrane excitability ("intrinsic plasticity"). Here, we investigate whether mAChR activation can drive SK channel-dependent intrinsic plasticity in L2/3 cortical pyramidal neurons. Using whole-cell patch-clamp recordings from these neurons in slices prepared from mouse primary somatosensory cortex (S1), we find that brief bath application of the mAChR agonist oxotremorine-m (oxo-m) causes long-term enhancement of excitability in wild-type mice that is not observed in mice deficient of SK channels of the SK2 isoform. Similarly, repeated injection of depolarizing current pulses into the soma triggers intrinsic plasticity that is absent from SK2 null mice. Intrinsic plasticity lowers spike frequency adaptation and attenuation of spike firing upon prolonged activation, consistent with SK channel modulation. Depolarization-induced plasticity is prevented by bath application of the protein kinase A (PKA) inhibitor H89, and the casein kinase 2 (CK2) inhibitor TBB, respectively. These findings point toward a recruitment of two known signaling pathways in SK2 regulation: SK channel trafficking (PKA) and reduction of the calcium sensitivity (CK2). Using mice with an inactivation of CaMKII (T305D mice), we show that intrinsic plasticity does not require CaMKII. Finally, we demonstrate that repeated injection of depolarizing pulses in the presence of oxo-m causes intrinsic plasticity that surpasses the plasticity amplitude reached by either manipulation alone. Our findings show that muscarinic activation enhances membrane excitability in L2/3 pyramidal neurons via a downregulation of SK2 channels.
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- Daniel F Gill
- Department of Neurobiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
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Llorca A, Ciceri G, Beattie R, Wong FK, Diana G, Serafeimidou-Pouliou E, Fernández-Otero M, Streicher C, Arnold SJ, Meyer M, Hippenmeyer S, Maravall M, Marin O. A stochastic framework of neurogenesis underlies the assembly of neocortical cytoarchitecture. eLife 2019; 8:51381. [PMID: 31736464 PMCID: PMC6968929 DOI: 10.7554/elife.51381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2019] [Accepted: 11/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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The cerebral cortex contains multiple areas with distinctive cytoarchitectonic patterns, but the cellular mechanisms underlying the emergence of this diversity remain unclear. Here, we have investigated the neuronal output of individual progenitor cells in the developing mouse neocortex using a combination of methods that together circumvent the biases and limitations of individual approaches. Our experimental results indicate that progenitor cells generate pyramidal cell lineages with a wide range of sizes and laminar configurations. Mathematical modeling indicates that these outcomes are compatible with a stochastic model of cortical neurogenesis in which progenitor cells undergo a series of probabilistic decisions that lead to the specification of very heterogeneous progenies. Our findings support a mechanism for cortical neurogenesis whose flexibility would make it capable to generate the diverse cytoarchitectures that characterize distinct neocortical areas.
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- Alfredo Llorca
- Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.,MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.,MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.,MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.,MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.,MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.,MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.,MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Sussex Neuroscience, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.,MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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Kuljis DA, Park E, Telmer CA, Lee J, Ackerman DS, Bruchez MP, Barth AL. Fluorescence-Based Quantitative Synapse Analysis for Cell Type-Specific Connectomics. eNeuro 2019; 6:ENEURO. [PMID: 31548370 DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0193-19.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2019] [Revised: 08/08/2019] [Accepted: 09/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Anatomical methods for determining cell type-specific connectivity are essential to inspire and constrain our understanding of neural circuit function. We developed genetically-encoded reagents for fluorescence-synapse labeling and connectivity analysis in brain tissue, using a fluorogen-activating protein (FAP)-coupled or YFP-coupled, postsynaptically-localized neuroligin-1 (NL-1) targeting sequence (FAP/YFPpost). FAPpost expression did not alter mEPSC or mIPSC properties. Sparse AAV-mediated expression of FAP/YFPpost with the cell-filling, red fluorophore dTomato (dTom) enabled high-throughput, compartment-specific detection of putative synapses across diverse neuron types in mouse somatosensory cortex. We took advantage of the bright, far-red emission of FAPpost puncta for multichannel fluorescence alignment of dendrites, FAPpost puncta, and presynaptic neurites in transgenic mice with saturated labeling of parvalbumin (PV), somatostatin (SST), or vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP)-expressing neurons using Cre-reporter driven expression of YFP. Subtype-specific inhibitory connectivity onto layer 2/3 (L2/3) neocortical pyramidal (Pyr) neurons was assessed using automated puncta detection and neurite apposition. Quantitative and compartment-specific comparisons show that PV inputs are the predominant source of inhibition at both the soma and the dendrites and were particularly concentrated at the primary apical dendrite. SST inputs were interleaved with PV inputs at all secondary-order and higher-order dendritic branches. These fluorescence-based synapse labeling reagents can facilitate large-scale and cell-type specific quantitation of changes in synaptic connectivity across development, learning, and disease states.
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Bjorefeldt A, Roshan F, Forsberg M, Zetterberg H, Hanse E, Fisahn A. Human cerebrospinal fluid promotes spontaneous gamma oscillations in the hippocampus in vitro. Hippocampus 2019; 30:101-113. [PMID: 31313871 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.23135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2017] [Revised: 06/11/2019] [Accepted: 06/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Gamma oscillations (30-80 Hz) are fast network activity patterns frequently linked to cognition. They are commonly studied in hippocampal brain slices in vitro, where they can be evoked via pharmacological activation of various receptor families. One limitation of this approach is that neuronal activity is studied in a highly artificial extracellular fluid environment, as provided by artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF). Here, we examine the influence of human cerebrospinal fluid (hCSF) on kainate-evoked and spontaneous gamma oscillations in mouse hippocampus. We show that hCSF, as compared to aCSF of matched electrolyte and glucose composition, increases the power of kainate-evoked gamma oscillations and induces spontaneous gamma activity in areas CA3 and CA1 that is reversed by washout. Bath application of atropine entirely abolished hCSF-induced gamma oscillations, indicating critical contribution from muscarinic acetylcholine receptor-mediated signaling. In separate whole-cell patch clamp recordings from rat hippocampus, hCSF increased theta resonance frequency and strength in pyramidal cells along with enhancement of h-current (Ih ) amplitude. We found no evidence of intrinsic gamma frequency resonance at baseline (aCSF) among fast-spiking interneurons, and this was not altered by hCSF. However, hCSF increased the excitability of fast-spiking interneurons, which likely contributed to gamma rhythmogenesis. Our findings show that hCSF promotes network gamma oscillations in the hippocampus in vitro and suggest that neuromodulators distributed in CSF could have significant influence on neuronal network activity in vivo.
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- Andreas Bjorefeldt
- Department of Physiology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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- Neuronal Oscillations Laboratory, Center for Alzheimer Research, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physiology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Molndal, Sweden.,Clinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Molndal, Sweden.,Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK.,UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL, London, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Neuronal Oscillations Laboratory, Center for Alzheimer Research, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Cembrowski MS, Wang L, Lemire AL, Copeland M, DiLisio SF, Clements J, Spruston N. The subiculum is a patchwork of discrete subregions. eLife 2018; 7:37701. [PMID: 30375971 PMCID: PMC6226292 DOI: 10.7554/elife.37701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2018] [Accepted: 10/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In the hippocampus, the classical pyramidal cell type of the subiculum acts as a primary output, conveying hippocampal signals to a diverse suite of downstream regions. Accumulating evidence suggests that the subiculum pyramidal cell population may actually be comprised of discrete subclasses. Here, we investigated the extent and organizational principles governing pyramidal cell heterogeneity throughout the mouse subiculum. Using single-cell RNA-seq, we find that the subiculum pyramidal cell population can be deconstructed into eight separable subclasses. These subclasses were mapped onto abutting spatial domains, ultimately producing a complex laminar and columnar organization with heterogeneity across classical dorsal-ventral, proximal-distal, and superficial-deep axes. We further show that these transcriptomically defined subclasses correspond to differential protein products and can be associated with specific projection targets. This work deconstructs the complex landscape of subiculum pyramidal cells into spatially segregated subclasses that may be observed, controlled, and interpreted in future experiments.
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- Mark S Cembrowski
- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, United States
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, United States
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, United States
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, United States
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, United States
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, United States
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, United States
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Gu Y, Lewallen S, Kinkhabwala AA, Domnisoru C, Yoon K, Gauthier JL, Fiete IR, Tank DW. A Map-like Micro-Organization of Grid Cells in the Medial Entorhinal Cortex. Cell 2018; 175:736-750.e30. [PMID: 30270041 PMCID: PMC6591153 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.08.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2018] [Revised: 07/31/2018] [Accepted: 08/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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How the topography of neural circuits relates to their function remains unclear. Although topographic maps exist for sensory and motor variables, they are rarely observed for cognitive variables. Using calcium imaging during virtual navigation, we investigated the relationship between the anatomical organization and functional properties of grid cells, which represent a cognitive code for location during navigation. We found a substantial degree of grid cell micro-organization in mouse medial entorhinal cortex: grid cells and modules all clustered anatomically. Within a module, the layout of grid cells was a noisy two-dimensional lattice in which the anatomical distribution of grid cells largely matched their spatial tuning phases. This micro-arrangement of phases demonstrates the existence of a topographical map encoding a cognitive variable in rodents. It contributes to a foundation for evaluating circuit models of the grid cell network and is consistent with continuous attractor models as the mechanism of grid formation.
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- Yi Gu
- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA; Bezos Center for Neural Circuit Dynamics, Princeton University, NJ 08544, USA.
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- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA; Bezos Center for Neural Circuit Dynamics, Princeton University, NJ 08544, USA
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- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA; Bezos Center for Neural Circuit Dynamics, Princeton University, NJ 08544, USA
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- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA; Bezos Center for Neural Circuit Dynamics, Princeton University, NJ 08544, USA
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- Center for Learning and Memory, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA; Department of Neuroscience, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA; Bezos Center for Neural Circuit Dynamics, Princeton University, NJ 08544, USA
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- Center for Learning and Memory, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA; Department of Neuroscience, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA; Bezos Center for Neural Circuit Dynamics, Princeton University, NJ 08544, USA.
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Tirko NN, Eyring KW, Carcea I, Mitre M, Chao MV, Froemke RC, Tsien RW. Oxytocin Transforms Firing Mode of CA2 Hippocampal Neurons. Neuron 2018; 100:593-608.e3. [PMID: 30293821 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2016] [Revised: 01/03/2018] [Accepted: 09/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Oxytocin is an important neuromodulator in the mammalian brain that increases information salience and circuit plasticity, but its signaling mechanisms and circuit effect are not fully understood. Here we report robust oxytocinergic modulation of intrinsic properties and circuit operations in hippocampal area CA2, a region of emerging importance for hippocampal function and social behavior. Upon oxytocin receptor activation, CA2 pyramidal cells depolarize and fire bursts of action potentials, a consequence of phospholipase C signaling to modify two separate voltage-dependent ionic processes. A reduction of potassium current carried by KCNQ-based M channels depolarizes the cell; protein kinase C activity attenuates spike rate of rise and overshoot, dampening after-hyperpolarizations. These actions, in concert with activation of fast-spiking interneurons, promote repetitive firing and CA2 bursting; bursting then governs short-term plasticity of CA2 synaptic transmission onto CA1 and, thus, efficacy of information transfer in the hippocampal network.
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- Natasha N Tirko
- NYU Neuroscience Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- NYU Neuroscience Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- NYU Neuroscience Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Department of Otolaryngology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- NYU Neuroscience Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Department of Otolaryngology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- NYU Neuroscience Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- NYU Neuroscience Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Department of Otolaryngology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- NYU Neuroscience Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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Contrary to the notion that neurology but not psychiatry is the domain of disorders evincing structural brain alterations, it is now clear that there are subtle but consistent neuropathological changes in schizophrenia. These range from increases in ventricular size to dystrophic changes in dendritic spines. A decrease in dendritic spine density in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) is among the most replicated of postmortem structural findings in schizophrenia. Examination of the mechanisms that account for the loss of dendritic spines has in large part focused on genes and molecules that regulate neuronal structure. But the simple question of what is the effector of spine loss, ie, where do the lost spines go, is unanswered. Recent data on glial cells suggest that microglia (MG), and perhaps astrocytes, play an important physiological role in synaptic remodeling of neurons during development. Synapses are added to the dendrites of pyramidal cells during the maturation of these neurons; excess synapses are subsequently phagocytosed by MG. In the PFC, this occurs during adolescence, when certain symptoms of schizophrenia emerge. This brief review discusses recent advances in our understanding of MG function and how these non-neuronal cells lead to structural changes in neurons in schizophrenia.
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- Neuroscience Program, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
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Tiwari MN, Mohan S, Biala Y, Yaari Y. Differential contributions of Ca 2+ -activated K + channels and Na + /K + -ATPases to the generation of the slow afterhyperpolarization in CA1 pyramidal cells. Hippocampus 2018; 28:338-357. [PMID: 29431274 PMCID: PMC5947627 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2017] [Revised: 12/17/2017] [Accepted: 02/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In many types of CNS neurons, repetitive spiking produces a slow afterhyperpolarization (sAHP), providing sustained, intrinsically generated negative feedback to neuronal excitation. Changes in the sAHP have been implicated in learning behaviors, in cognitive decline in aging, and in epileptogenesis. Despite its importance in brain function, the mechanisms generating the sAHP are still controversial. Here we have addressed the roles of M-type K+ current (IM ), Ca2+ -gated K+ currents (ICa(K) 's) and Na+ /K+ -ATPases (NKAs) current to sAHP generation in adult rat CA1 pyramidal cells maintained at near-physiological temperature (35 °C). No evidence for IM contribution to the sAHP was found in these neurons. Both ICa(K) 's and NKA current contributed to sAHP generation, the latter being the predominant generator of the sAHP, particularly when evoked with short trains of spikes. Of the different NKA isoenzymes, α1 -NKA played the key role, endowing the sAHP a steep voltage-dependence. Thus normal and pathological changes in α1 -NKA expression or function may affect cognitive processes by modulating the inhibitory efficacy of the sAHP.
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- Manindra Nath Tiwari
- Department of Medical Neurobiology; Institute for Medical Research Israel‐CanadaThe Hebrew University‐Hadassah School of MedicineJerusalem91120Israel
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- Department of Medical Neurobiology; Institute for Medical Research Israel‐CanadaThe Hebrew University‐Hadassah School of MedicineJerusalem91120Israel
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- Department of Medical Neurobiology; Institute for Medical Research Israel‐CanadaThe Hebrew University‐Hadassah School of MedicineJerusalem91120Israel
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- Department of Medical Neurobiology; Institute for Medical Research Israel‐CanadaThe Hebrew University‐Hadassah School of MedicineJerusalem91120Israel
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The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is a key brain region for the perception of pain and emotion. Cellular and molecular mechanisms of the ACC are usually investigated in rodents such as mice and rats. Studies of synaptic mechanisms in primates are limited. To facilitate the translation of basic results from rodents to humans, it is critical to use a primate-like animal model for the investigation of the ACC. The tree shrew presents a great opportunity for this as they have similar genome sequences to primates and are considered to have many similarities to primates. In the present study, by combining anatomy, immunostaining and micro-optical sectioning tomography methods, we examined the morphological properties of the ACC in the tree shrew and compared them with the mouse and rat. We found that the ACC in the tree shrew is significantly larger than those found in the mouse and rat. The sizes of cell bodies of ACC pyramidal cells in tree shrew are also larger than that found in the mouse or rat. Furthermore, there are significantly more apical/basal dendritic branches and apical dendritic spines of ACC pyramidal neurons in tree shrew. These results demonstrate that pyramidal cells of the ACC in tree shrews are more advanced than those found in rodents (mice and rats), indicating that the tree shrew can be used as a useful animal model for studying the cellular mechanism for ACC-related physiological and pathological changes in humans.
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- Jing-Shan Lu
- 1 Center for Neuron and Disease, Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- 1 Center for Neuron and Disease, Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- 1 Center for Neuron and Disease, Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- 1 Center for Neuron and Disease, Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.,2 Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology and K.K. Leung Brain Research Center, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- 1 Center for Neuron and Disease, Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.,3 Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Elliott MC, Tanaka PM, Schwark RW, Andrade R. Serotonin Differentially Regulates L5 Pyramidal Cell Classes of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex in Rats and Mice. eNeuro 2018; 5:ENEURO. [PMID: 29445767 DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0305-17.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2017] [Revised: 01/09/2018] [Accepted: 01/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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The prefrontal cortex receives a dense serotonergic innervation that plays an important role in its regulation. However, how serotonin regulates different pyramidal and interneuron cell classes in this area is incompletely understood. Previous work in rats has shown that serotonin differentially regulates two classes of pyramidal cells in layer 5. It excites one class by activating 5-HT2A receptors, whereas it more subtly modulates the integrative properties of the other by co-activating 5-HT1A and 5-HT2A receptors. Here we have used electrophysiological recordings, combined with retrograde labeling and morphological reconstruction, to show that the first cell class corresponds to long range corticofugal neurons and the second corresponds to intratelencephalic neurons. These results suggest that, in rats, serotonin facilitates subcortical output while more subtly modulating cortico-cortical and cortico-striatal output. Interestingly, these results obtained in rats differ from those previously reported for mouse prefrontal cortex. Therefore we reinvestigated the effects of serotonin in mice and confirmed that serotonin predominantly activates inhibitory 5-HT1A receptors on long-range corticofugal cells. Thus serotonin exerts opposite effects on these cells in rats and mice. Finally, we determined whether cortical serotonin responsiveness in mice is regulated during development. Serotonin elicited predominantly depolarizing inward current responses during the early postnatal period, whereas inhibitory 5-HT1A receptor-mediated responses did not become evident until the end of the second postnatal week. These results reveal commonalities as well as unexpected differences in the serotonergic regulation of long-range corticofugal and intratelencephalic neurons of layer 5 in rat and mouse.
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Schizophrenia is a complex disorder lacking an effective treatment option for the pervasive and debilitating cognitive impairments experienced by patients. Working memory is a core cognitive function impaired in schizophrenia that depends upon activation of distributed neural network, including the circuitry of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). Accordingly, individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia show reduced DLPFC activation while performing working-memory tasks. This lower DLPFC activation appears to be an integral part of the disease pathophysiology, and not simply a reflection of poor performance. Thus, the cellular and circuitry alterations that underlie lower DLPFC neuronal activity in schizophrenia must be determined in order to identify appropriate therapeutic targets. Studies using human postmortem brain tissue provide a robust way to investigate and characterize these cellular and circuitry alterations at multiple levels of resolution, and such studies provide essential information that cannot be obtained either through in vivo studies in humans or through experimental animal models. Studies examining neuronal morphology, protein expression and localization, and transcript levels indicate that a microcircuit composed of excitatory pyramidal cells and inhibitory interneurons containing the calcium-binding protein parvalbumin is altered in the DLPFC of subjects with schizophrenia and likely contributes to DLPFC dysfunction.
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- Jill R Glausier
- Translational Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Translational Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
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Bartolini G, Sánchez-Alcañiz JA, Osório C, Valiente M, García-Frigola C, Marín O. Neuregulin 3 Mediates Cortical Plate Invasion and Laminar Allocation of GABAergic Interneurons. Cell Rep 2017; 18:1157-70. [PMID: 28147272 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.12.089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2016] [Revised: 12/08/2016] [Accepted: 12/27/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Neural circuits in the cerebral cortex consist of excitatory pyramidal cells and inhibitory interneurons. These two main classes of cortical neurons follow largely different genetic programs, yet they assemble into highly specialized circuits during development following a very precise choreography. Previous studies have shown that signals produced by pyramidal cells influence the migration of cortical interneurons, but the molecular nature of these factors has remained elusive. Here, we identified Neuregulin 3 (Nrg3) as a chemoattractive factor expressed by developing pyramidal cells that guides the allocation of cortical interneurons in the developing cortical plate. Gain- and loss-of-function approaches reveal that Nrg3 modulates the migration of interneurons into the cortical plate in a process that is dependent on the tyrosine kinase receptor ErbB4. Perturbation of Nrg3 signaling in conditional mutants leads to abnormal lamination of cortical interneurons. Nrg3 is therefore a critical mediator in the assembly of cortical inhibitory circuits. Nrg3 acts a short-range chemoattractive molecule for cortical interneurons Nrg3 functions through ErbB4 to attract interneurons into the cortical plate Interneurons prefer Cxcl12 over Nrg3 during tangential migration Disruption of Nrg3 signaling causes abnormal interneuron lamination in the cortex
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Xiong G, Metheny H, Johnson BN, Cohen AS. A Comparison of Different Slicing Planes in Preservation of Major Hippocampal Pathway Fibers in the Mouse. Front Neuroanat 2017; 11:107. [PMID: 29201002 PMCID: PMC5696601 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2017.00107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 11/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The hippocampus plays a critical role in learning and memory and higher cognitive functions, and its dysfunction has been implicated in various neuropathological disorders. Electrophysiological recording undertaken in live brain slices is one of the most powerful tools for investigating hippocampal cellular and network activities. The plane for cutting the slices determines which afferent and/or efferent connections are best preserved, and there are three commonly used slices: hippocampal-entorhinal cortex (HEC), coronal and transverse. All three slices have been widely used for studying the major afferent hippocampal pathways including the perforant path (PP), the mossy fibers (MFs) and the Schaffer collaterals (SCs). Surprisingly, there has never been a systematic investigation of the anatomical and functional consequences of slicing at a particular angle. In the present study, we focused on how well fiber pathways are preserved from the entorhinal cortex (EC) to the hippocampus, and within the hippocampus, in slices generated by sectioning at different angles. The postmortem neural tract tracer 1,1′-dioctadecyl-3,3,3′3′-tetramethylindocarbocyanine perchlorate (DiI) was used to label afferent fibers to hippocampal principal neurons in fixed slices or whole brains. Laser scanning confocal microscopy was adopted for imaging DiI-labeled axons and terminals. We demonstrated that PP fibers were well preserved in HEC slices, MFs in both HEC and transverse slices and SCs in all three types of slices. Correspondingly, field excitatory postsynaptic potentials (fEPSPs) could be consistently evoked in HEC slices when stimulating PP fibers and recorded in stratum lacunosum-moleculare (sl-m) of area CA1, and when stimulating the dentate granule cell layer (gcl) and recording in stratum lucidum (sl) of area CA3. The MF evoked fEPSPs could not be recorded in CA3 from coronal slices. In contrast to our DiI-tracing data demonstrating severely truncated PP fibers in coronal slices, fEPSPs could still be recorded in CA1 sl-m in this plane, suggesting that an additional afferent fiber pathway other than PP might be involved. The present study increases our understanding of which hippocampal pathways are best preserved in the three most common brain slice preparations, and will help investigators determine the appropriate slices to use for physiological studies depending on the subregion of interest.
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- Guoxiang Xiong
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States.,Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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English DF, McKenzie S, Evans T, Kim K, Yoon E, Buzsáki G. Pyramidal Cell-Interneuron Circuit Architecture and Dynamics in Hippocampal Networks. Neuron 2017; 96:505-520.e7. [PMID: 29024669 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.09.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2017] [Revised: 08/11/2017] [Accepted: 09/20/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Excitatory control of inhibitory neurons is poorly understood due to the difficulty of studying synaptic connectivity in vivo. We inferred such connectivity through analysis of spike timing and validated this inference using juxtacellular and optogenetic control of presynaptic spikes in behaving mice. We observed that neighboring CA1 neurons had stronger connections and that superficial pyramidal cells projected more to deep interneurons. Connection probability and strength were skewed, with a minority of highly connected hubs. Divergent presynaptic connections led to synchrony between interneurons. Synchrony of convergent presynaptic inputs boosted postsynaptic drive. Presynaptic firing frequency was read out by postsynaptic neurons through short-term depression and facilitation, with individual pyramidal cells and interneurons displaying a diversity of spike transmission filters. Additionally, spike transmission was strongly modulated by prior spike timing of the postsynaptic cell. These results bridge anatomical structure with physiological function.
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- Neuroscience Institute, New York University, New York, NY 10016, US
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- Neuroscience Institute, New York University, New York, NY 10016, US
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- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, US
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- Neuroscience Institute, New York University, New York, NY 10016, US; Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY 10016, US.
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Soma S, Saiki A, Yoshida J, Ríos A, Kawabata M, Sakai Y, Isomura Y. Distinct Laterality in Forelimb-Movement Representations of Rat Primary and Secondary Motor Cortical Neurons with Intratelencephalic and Pyramidal Tract Projections. J Neurosci 2017; 37:10904-16. [PMID: 28972128 DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1188-17.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2017] [Revised: 09/20/2017] [Accepted: 09/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Two distinct motor areas, the primary and secondary motor cortices (M1 and M2), play crucial roles in voluntary movement in rodents. The aim of this study was to characterize the laterality in motor cortical representations of right and left forelimb movements. To achieve this goal, we developed a novel behavioral task, the Right-Left Pedal task, in which a head-restrained male rat manipulates a right or left pedal with the corresponding forelimb. This task enabled us to monitor independent movements of both forelimbs with high spatiotemporal resolution. We observed phasic movement-related neuronal activity (Go-type) and tonic hold-related activity (Hold-type) in isolated unilateral movements. In both M1 and M2, Go-type neurons exhibited bias toward contralateral preference, whereas Hold-type neurons exhibited no bias. The contralateral bias was weaker in M2 than M1. Moreover, we differentiated between intratelencephalic (IT) and pyramidal tract (PT) neurons using optogenetically evoked spike collision in rats expressing channelrhodopsin-2. Even in identified PT and IT neurons, Hold-type neurons exhibited no lateral bias. Go-type PT neurons exhibited bias toward contralateral preference, whereas IT neurons exhibited no bias. Our findings suggest a different laterality of movement representations of M1 and M2, in each of which IT neurons are involved in cooperation of bilateral movements, whereas PT neurons control contralateral movements.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT In rodents, the primary and secondary motor cortices (M1 and M2) are involved in voluntary movements via distinct projection neurons: intratelencephalic (IT) neurons and pyramidal tract (PT) neurons. However, it remains unclear whether the two motor cortices (M1 vs M2) and the two classes of projection neurons (IT vs PT) have different laterality of movement representations. We optogenetically identified these neurons and analyzed their functional activity using a novel behavioral task to monitor movements of the right and left forelimbs separately. We found that contralateral bias was reduced in M2 relative to M1, and in IT relative to PT neurons. Our findings suggest that the motor information processing that controls forelimb movement is coordinated by a distinct cell population.
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Synaptic plasticity (e.g., long-term potentiation [LTP]) is considered the cellular correlate of learning. Recent optogenetic studies on memory engram formation assign a critical role in learning to suprathreshold activation of neurons and their integration into active engrams ("engram cells"). Here we review evidence that ensemble integration may result from LTP but also from cell-autonomous changes in membrane excitability. We propose that synaptic plasticity determines synaptic connectivity maps, whereas intrinsic plasticity-possibly separated in time-amplifies neuronal responsiveness and acutely drives engram integration. Our proposal marks a move away from an exclusively synaptocentric toward a non-exclusive, neurocentric view of learning.
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- Heather K Titley
- Department of Neurobiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; Department of Statistics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
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Sollini J, Chadderton P. Comodulation Enhances Signal Detection via Priming of Auditory Cortical Circuits. J Neurosci 2016; 36:12299-311. [PMID: 27927950 DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0656-16.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2016] [Revised: 08/25/2016] [Accepted: 08/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Acoustic environments are composed of complex overlapping sounds that the auditory system is required to segregate into discrete perceptual objects. The functions of distinct auditory processing stations in this challenging task are poorly understood. Here we show a direct role for mouse auditory cortex in detection and segregation of acoustic information. We measured the sensitivity of auditory cortical neurons to brief tones embedded in masking noise. By altering spectrotemporal characteristics of the masker, we reveal that sensitivity to pure tone stimuli is strongly enhanced in coherently modulated broadband noise, corresponding to the psychoacoustic phenomenon comodulation masking release. Improvements in detection were largest following priming periods of noise alone, indicating that cortical segregation is enhanced over time. Transient opsin-mediated silencing of auditory cortex during the priming period almost completely abolished these improvements, suggesting that cortical processing may play a direct and significant role in detection of quiet sounds in noisy environments. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Auditory systems are adept at detecting and segregating competing sound sources, but there is little direct evidence of how this process occurs in the mammalian auditory pathway. We demonstrate that coherent broadband noise enhances signal representation in auditory cortex, and that prolonged exposure to noise is necessary to produce this enhancement. Using optogenetic perturbation to selectively silence auditory cortex during early noise processing, we show that cortical processing plays a crucial role in the segregation of competing sounds.
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Yuliani S, Mustofa, Partadiredja G. Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) extract may prevent the deterioration of spatial memory and the deficit of estimated total number of hippocampal pyramidal cells of trimethyltin-exposed rats. Drug Chem Toxicol 2017; 41:62-71. [PMID: 28440093 DOI: 10.1080/01480545.2017.1293087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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CONTEXT Protection of neurons from degeneration is an important preventive strategy for dementia. Much of the dementia pathology implicates oxidative stress pathways. Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) contains curcuminoids which has anti-oxidative and neuro-protective effects. These effects are considered to be similar to those of citicoline which has been regularly used as one of standard medications for dementia. OBJECTIVE This study aimed at investigating the effects of turmeric rhizome extract on the hippocampus of trimethyltin (TMT)-treated Sprague-Dawley rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS The rats were divided randomly into six groups, i.e., a normal control group (N); Sn group, which was given TMT chloride; Sn-Cit group, which was treated with citicoline and TMT chloride; and three Sn-TE groups, which were treated with three different dosages of turmeric rhizome extract and TMT chloride. Morris water maze test was carried out to examine the spatial memory. The estimated total number of CA1 and CA2-CA3 pyramidal cells was calculated using a stereological method. RESULTS The administration of turmeric extract at a dose of 200 mg/kg bw has been shown to prevent the deficits in the spatial memory performance and partially inhibit the reduction of the number of CA2-CA3 regions pyramidal neurons. DISCUSSION TMT-induced neurotoxic damage seemed to be mediated by the generation of reactive oxygen species and reactive nitrogen species. Turmeric extract might act as anti inflammatory as well as anti-oxidant agent. CONCLUSIONS The effects of turmeric extract at a dose of 200 mg/kg bw seem to be comparable to those of citicoline.
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- Sapto Yuliani
- a Faculty of Pharmacy , Ahmad Dahlan University , Yogyakarta , Indonesia
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- b Department of Pharmacology and Therapy, Faculty of Medicine , Universitas Gadjah Mada , Yogyakarta , Indonesia
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- c Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine , Universitas Gadjah Mada , Yogyakarta , Indonesia
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Radzicki D, Pollema-Mays SL, Sanz-Clemente A, Martina M. Loss of M1 Receptor Dependent Cholinergic Excitation Contributes to mPFC Deactivation in Neuropathic Pain. J Neurosci 2017; 37:2292-2304. [PMID: 28137966 PMCID: PMC5354343 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1553-16.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2016] [Revised: 12/01/2016] [Accepted: 01/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In chronic pain, the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) is deactivated and mPFC-dependent tasks such as attention and working memory are impaired. We investigated the mechanisms of mPFC deactivation in the rat spared nerve injury (SNI) model of neuropathic pain. Patch-clamp recordings in acute slices showed that, 1 week after the nerve injury, cholinergic modulation of layer 5 (L5) pyramidal neurons was severely impaired. In cells from sham-operated animals, focal application of acetylcholine induced a left shift of the input/output curve and persistent firing. Both of these effects were almost completely abolished in cells from SNI-operated rats. The cause of this impairment was an ∼60% reduction of an M1-coupled, pirenzepine-sensitive depolarizing current, which appeared to be, at least in part, the consequence of M1 receptor internalization. Although no changes were detected in total M1 protein or transcript, both the fraction of the M1 receptor in the synaptic plasma membrane and the biotinylated M1 protein associated with the total plasma membrane were decreased in L5 mPFC of SNI rats. The loss of excitatory cholinergic modulation may play a critical role in mPFC deactivation in neuropathic pain and underlie the mPFC-specific cognitive deficits that are comorbid with neuropathic pain.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) undergoes major reorganization in chronic pain. Deactivation of mPFC output is causally correlated with both the cognitive and the sensory component of neuropathic pain. Here, we show that cholinergic excitation of commissural layer 5 mPFC pyramidal neurons is abolished in neuropathic pain rats due to a severe reduction of a muscarinic depolarizing current and M1 receptor internalization. Therefore, in neuropathic pain rats, the acetylcholine (ACh)-dependent increase in neuronal excitability is reduced dramatically and the ACh-induced persisting firing, which is critical for working memory, is abolished. We propose that the blunted cholinergic excitability contributes to the functional mPFC deactivation that is causal for the pain phenotype and represents a cellular mechanism for the attention and memory impairments comorbid with chronic pain.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611
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