Cyclic structure with cellular precision in a vertebrate sensorimotor neural circuit.
Cyclic structure with cellular precision in a vertebrate sensorimotor neural circuit.
复制标题
脊椎动物感觉运动神经回路中具有细胞精度的循环结构。
DOI:
10.1016/j.cub.2023.05.010
复制
发表时间:
2023
期刊:
影响因子:
--
通讯作者:
Seung,HSeb
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Yang,Runzhe;Vishwanathan,Ashwin;Wu,Jingpeng;Kemnitz,Nico;Ih,Dodam;Turner,Nicholas;Lee,Kisuk;Tartavull,Ignacio;Silversmith,WilliamM;Jordan,ChrisS;David,Celia;Bland,Doug;Sterling,Amy;Goldman,MarkS;Aksay,EmreRF;Seung,HSeb
Neuronal wiring diagrams reconstructed by electron microscopy1,2,3,4,5pose new questions about the organization of nervous systems following the time-honored tradition of cross-species comparisons.6,7TheC. elegansconnectome has been conceptualized as a sensorimotor circuit that is approximately feedforward,8,9,10,11starting from sensory neurons proceeding to interneurons and ending with motor neurons. Overrepresentation of a 3-cell motif often known as the "feedforward loop" has provided further evidence for feedforwardness.10,12Here, we contrast with another sensorimotor wiring diagram that was recently reconstructed from a larval zebrafish brainstem.13We show that the 3-cycle, another 3-cell motif, is highly overrepresented in the oculomotor module of this wiring diagram. This is a first for any neuronal wiring diagram reconstructed by electron microscopy, whether invertebrate12,14or mammalian.15,16,17The 3-cycle of cells is "aligned" with a 3-cycle of neuronal groups in a stochastic block model (SBM)18of the oculomotor module. However, the cellular cycles exhibit more specificity than can be explained by the group cycles—recurrence to the same neuron is surprisingly common. Cyclic structure could be relevant for theories of oculomotor function that depend on recurrent connectivity. The cyclic structure coexists with the classic vestibulo-ocular reflex arc for horizontal eye movements,19and could be relevant for recurrent network models of temporal integration by the oculomotor system.20,21