Sensory stimulus evokes inhibition rather than excitation in cerebellar Purkinje cells in vivo in mice
Sensory stimulus evokes inhibition rather than excitation in cerebellar Purkinje cells in vivo in mice
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感觉刺激在小鼠体内引起小脑浦肯野细胞的抑制而不是兴奋
DOI:
10.1016/j.neulet.2010.10.018
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发表时间:
2011-01-07
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
Qiu, De-Lai
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作者:
Chu, Chun-Ping;Bing, Yan-Hua;Qiu, De-Lai
Cerebellar Purkinje cells (PC) response precisely to tactile stimulus via granule cells, however, the interaction between sensory evoked synaptic input and the resulting pattern of output spikes in cerebellar cortex is unclear. In this study, we used electrophysiological recording and pharmacological methods to investigate the cerebellar PC in response to natural stimulus on ipsilateral whisker pad in urethane-anesthetized mice. We found that air-puff stimulus on ipsilateral whisker pad evoked neither complex spikes nor simple spike firing, but indeed evoked a strong GABA(A) receptor-mediated inhibition in PCs in cerebellar cortex folium Crus II. Field potential recordings from both molecular layer and PC layer showed that air-puff stimulus evoked a sequence of parallel fiber volley followed by a GABA(A) receptor-mediated inhibition, which completely blocked by AMPA receptor antagonist, NBQX. Cell-attached recordings showed that air-puff stimulus evoked a pause of simple spike firing, GABA(A) receptor antagonist abolished the pause, revealed the tactile stimulus-evoked spike firing in PCs. These results indicated that natural stimulus of whisker pad neither evoked complex spikes, nor fired simple spikes, but induced inhibition in PCs, suggesting that the interneuron network are rapid activated and involved in controlling the spread of sensory information processing in mouse cerebellar cortex folium Crus II. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.