An ultrastructural connectomic analysis of a higher‐order thalamocortical circuit in the mouse
An ultrastructural connectomic analysis of a higher‐order thalamocortical circuit in the mouse
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小鼠高阶丘脑皮质回路的超微结构连接组学分析
DOI:
10.1111/ejn.15092
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发表时间:
2021
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Kasthuri, Narayanan
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作者:
Sampathkumar, Vandana;Miller‐Hansen, Andrew;Murray Sherman, S.;Kasthuri, Narayanan
Many studies exist of thalamocortical synapses in primary sensory cortex, but much less in known about higher‐order thalamocortical projections to higher‐order cortical areas. We begin to address this gap using genetic labeling combined with large volume serial electron microscopy (i.e., “connectomics”) to study the projection from the thalamic posterior medial nucleus to the secondary somatosensory cortex in a mouse. We injected into this thalamic nucleus a cocktail combining acre‐expressing virus and one expressingcre‐dependent ascorbate peroxidase that provides an electron dense cytoplasmic label. This “intersectional” viral approach specifically labeled thalamocortical axons and synapses, free of retrograde labeling, in all layers of cortex. Labeled thalamocortical synapses represented 14% of all synapses in the cortical volume, consistent with previous estimates of first‐order thalamocortical inputs. We found that labeled thalamocortical terminals, relative to unlabeled ones: were larger, were more likely to contain a mitochondrion, more frequently targeted spiny dendrites and avoided aspiny dendrites, and often innervated larger spines with spine apparatuses, among other differences. Furthermore, labeled terminals were more prevalent in layers 2/3 and synaptic differences between labeled and unlabeled terminals were greatest in layers 2/3. The laminar differences reported here contrast with reports of first‐order thalamocortical connections in primary sensory cortices where, for example, labeled terminals were larger in layer 4 than layers 2/3 (Viaene et al., 2011a). These data offer the first glimpse of higher‐order thalamocortical synaptic ultrastructure and point to the need for more analyses, as such connectivity likely represents a majority of thalamocortical circuitry.
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