Repetition priming of motoneuronal activity in a small motor network: intercellular and intracellular signaling.
Repetition priming of motoneuronal activity in a small motor network: intercellular and intracellular signaling.
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10.1523/jneurosci.1287-10.2010
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2010-06-30
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Weiss KR
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Friedman AK;Weiss KR
The characteristics of CPG outputs are subject to extensive modulation. Previous studies of neuromodulation largely focused on immediate actions of neuromodulators, i.e., actions that were exerted at the time when either neuromodulators were present, or neuromodulatory inputs to the CPG were active. However, neuromodulatory actions are known to persist when neuromodulators are no longer present. In Aplysia, stimulation of neuron CBI-2, which activates the feeding CPG, produces a repetition priming of motor programs. This priming is reflected in an increase of firing of motoneurons. As CBI-2 contains two neuromodulatory peptides, FCAP and CP2, we hypothesized that repetition priming may involve persistent peptidergic neuromodulation. We find that these peptides produce priming-like effects, i.e., they increase the firing of radula opening (B48) and closing (B8) motoneurons during motor programs. showed that repetition priming of neuron B8 is implemented by modulatory inputs that B8 receives from the CPG. In contrast, our current findings indicate that priming of B48 may be implemented by a direct peptidergic modulation of its intrinsic characteristics via a pathway that activates cAMP. We suggest that the direct vs. indirect, i.e., CPG dependent, repetition priming may be related to the type of input that individual motoneurons receive from the CPG. We suggest that in motoneurons that are driven by concurrent excitation-inhibition repetition priming is indirect as it is preferentially implemented via modulation of the output of CPGs. In contrast, in motoneurons that are driven by alternating excitation-inhibition, direct modulation of motoneurons may be preferentially used.