An intrinsic oscillation in interneurons of the rat lateral geniculate nucleus.
An intrinsic oscillation in interneurons of the rat lateral geniculate nucleus.
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大鼠外侧膝状核中间神经元的内在振荡。
DOI:
10.1152/jn.1999.81.2.702
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发表时间:
1999
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
D. Uhlrich
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文献类型:
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作者:
J. J. Zhu;William W. Lytton;Jin;D. Uhlrich
By using the whole cell patch recording technique in vitro, we examined the voltage-dependent firing patterns of 69 interneurons in the rat dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN). When held at a hyperpolarized membrane potential, all interneurons responded with a burst of action potentials. In 48 interneurons, larger current pulses produced a bursting oscillation. When relatively depolarized, some interneurons produced a tonic train of action potentials in response to a depolarizing current pulse. However, most interneurons produced only oscillations, regardless of polarization level. The oscillation was insensitive to the bath application of a combination of blockers to excitatory and inhibitory synaptic transmission, including 30 microM 6,7-dinitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione, 100 microM (+/-)-2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoic acid, 20 microM bicuculline, and 2 mM saclofen, suggesting an intrinsic event. The frequency of the oscillation in interneurons was dependent on the intensity of the injection current. Increasing current intensity increased the oscillation frequency. The maximal frequency of the oscillation was 5-15 Hz for most cells, with some ambiguity caused by the difficulty of precisely defining a transition from oscillatory to regular firing behavior. In contrast, the interneuron oscillation was little affected by preceding depolarizing and hyperpolarizing pulses. In addition to being elicited by depolarizing current injections, the oscillation could also be initiated by electrical stimulation of the optic tract when the interneurons were held at a depolarized membrane potential. This suggests that interneurons may be recruited into thalamic oscillations by synaptic inputs. These results indicate that interneurons may play a larger role in thalamic oscillations than was previously thought.
影响因子:
2.5
作者:
MCCORMICK, DA;HUGUENARD, JR
通讯作者:
HUGUENARD, JR
影响因子:
2.5
作者:
R. Traub;R. Wong;R. Miles;H. Michelson
通讯作者:
R. Traub;R. Wong;R. Miles;H. Michelson