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Cell ; 182(6): 1372-1376, 2020 09 17.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32946777

RESUMO

Large scientific projects in genomics and astronomy are influential not because they answer any single question but because they enable investigation of continuously arising new questions from the same data-rich sources. Advances in automated mapping of the brain's synaptic connections (connectomics) suggest that the complicated circuits underlying brain function are ripe for analysis. We discuss benefits of mapping a mouse brain at the level of synapses.


Assuntos
Encéfalo/fisiologia , Conectoma/métodos , Rede Nervosa/fisiologia , Neurônios/fisiologia , Sinapses/fisiologia , Animais , Camundongos
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J Neurosci ; 31(25): 9414-25, 2011 Jun 22.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21697391

RESUMO

Hippocampal place fields, the local regions of activity recorded from place cells in exploring rodents, can undergo large changes in relative location during remapping. This process would appear to require some form of modulated global input. Grid-cell responses recorded from layer II of medial entorhinal cortex in rats have been observed to realign concurrently with hippocampal remapping, making them a candidate input source. However, this realignment occurs coherently across colocalized ensembles of grid cells (Fyhn et al., 2007). The hypothesized entorhinal contribution to remapping depends on whether this coherence extends to all grid cells, which is currently unknown. We study whether dividing grid cells into small numbers of independently realigning modules can both account for this localized coherence and allow for hippocampal remapping. To do this, we construct a model in which place-cell responses arise from network competition mediated by global inhibition. We show that these simulated responses approximate the sparsity and spatial specificity of hippocampal activity while fully representing a virtual environment without learning. Place-field locations and the set of active place cells in one environment can be independently rearranged by changes to the underlying grid-cell inputs. We introduce new measures of remapping to assess the effectiveness of grid-cell modularity and to compare shift realignments with other geometric transformations of grid-cell responses. Complete hippocampal remapping is possible with a small number of shifting grid modules, indicating that entorhinal realignment may be able to generate place-field randomization despite substantial coherence.


Assuntos
Córtex Entorrinal/fisiologia , Hipocampo/fisiologia , Modelos Neurológicos , Rede Nervosa/fisiologia , Inibição Neural/fisiologia , Plasticidade Neuronal/fisiologia , Animais , Simulação por Computador , Humanos , Ratos
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PLoS Biol ; 7(6): e1000140, 2009 Jun 30.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19564903

RESUMO

A key question in the analysis of hippocampal memory relates to how attention modulates the encoding and long-term retrieval of spatial and nonspatial representations in this region. To address this question, we recorded from single cells over a period of 5 days in the CA1 region of the dorsal hippocampus while mice acquired one of two goal-oriented tasks. These tasks required the animals to find a hidden food reward by attending to either the visuospatial environment or a particular odor presented in shifting spatial locations. Attention to the visuospatial environment increased the stability of visuospatial representations and phase locking to gamma oscillations--a form of neuronal synchronization thought to underlie the attentional mechanism necessary for processing task-relevant information. Attention to a spatially shifting olfactory cue compromised the stability of place fields and increased the stability of reward-associated odor representations, which were most consistently retrieved during periods of sniffing and digging when animals were restricted to the cup locations. Together, these results suggest that attention selectively modulates the encoding and retrieval of hippocampal representations by enhancing physiological responses to task-relevant information.


Assuntos
Atenção/fisiologia , Hipocampo/fisiologia , Condutos Olfatórios/fisiologia , Comportamento Espacial/fisiologia , Potenciais de Ação/fisiologia , Animais , Sinais (Psicologia) , Objetivos , Hipocampo/citologia , Masculino , Memória , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Modelos Neurológicos , Odorantes , Desempenho Psicomotor , Células Piramidais/citologia , Células Piramidais/fisiologia , Tempo de Reação/fisiologia , Recompensa , Percepção Visual/fisiologia
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Neuron ; 106(4): 566-578.e8, 2020 05 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32169170

RESUMO

The balance between excitatory and inhibitory (E and I) synapses is thought to be critical for information processing in neural circuits. However, little is known about the spatial principles of E and I synaptic organization across the entire dendritic tree of mammalian neurons. We developed a new open-source reconstruction platform for mapping the size and spatial distribution of E and I synapses received by individual genetically-labeled layer 2/3 (L2/3) cortical pyramidal neurons (PNs) in vivo. We mapped over 90,000 E and I synapses across twelve L2/3 PNs and uncovered structured organization of E and I synapses across dendritic domains as well as within individual dendritic segments. Despite significant domain-specific variation in the absolute density of E and I synapses, their ratio is strikingly balanced locally across dendritic segments. Computational modeling indicates that this spatially precise E/I balance dampens dendritic voltage fluctuations and strongly impacts neuronal firing output.


Assuntos
Mapeamento Encefálico/métodos , Processamento de Imagem Assistida por Computador/métodos , Imageamento Tridimensional/métodos , Sinapses , Animais , Dendritos/fisiologia , Dendritos/ultraestrutura , Humanos , Células Piramidais/fisiologia , Células Piramidais/ultraestrutura , Software , Sinapses/fisiologia , Sinapses/ultraestrutura
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Elife ; 92020 12 14.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33315010

RESUMO

Making inferences about the computations performed by neuronal circuits from synapse-level connectivity maps is an emerging opportunity in neuroscience. The mushroom body (MB) is well positioned for developing and testing such an approach due to its conserved neuronal architecture, recently completed dense connectome, and extensive prior experimental studies of its roles in learning, memory, and activity regulation. Here, we identify new components of the MB circuit in Drosophila, including extensive visual input and MB output neurons (MBONs) with direct connections to descending neurons. We find unexpected structure in sensory inputs, in the transfer of information about different sensory modalities to MBONs, and in the modulation of that transfer by dopaminergic neurons (DANs). We provide insights into the circuitry used to integrate MB outputs, connectivity between the MB and the central complex and inputs to DANs, including feedback from MBONs. Our results provide a foundation for further theoretical and experimental work.


Assuntos
Conectoma , Drosophila melanogaster/fisiologia , Corpos Pedunculados/fisiologia , Animais , Mapeamento Encefálico , Corpos Pedunculados/inervação
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Curr Biol ; 27(6): R220-R223, 2017 03 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28324737

RESUMO

Intelligence, in most people's conception, involves combining pieces of evidence to reach non-obvious conclusions. A recent theoretical study shows that intelligence-like brain functions can emerge from simple neural circuits, in this case the honeybee mushroom body.


Assuntos
Corpos Pedunculados , Neurociências , Animais , Abelhas , Encéfalo , Inteligência , Memória
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Front Neurosci ; 1(1): 57-66, 2007 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18982119

RESUMO

Both in vivo and in vitro recordings indicate that neuronal membrane potentials can make spontaneous transitions between distinct up and down states. At the network level, populations of neurons have been observed to make these transitions synchronously. Although synaptic activity and intrinsic neuron properties play an important role, the precise nature of the processes responsible for these phenomena is not known. Using a computational model, we explore the interplay between intrinsic neuronal properties and synaptic fluctuations. Model neurons of the integrate-and-fire type were extended by adding a nonlinear membrane current. Networks of these neurons exhibit large amplitude synchronous spontaneous fluctuations that make the neurons jump between up and down states, thereby producing bimodal membrane potential distributions. The effect of sensory stimulation on network responses depends on whether the stimulus is applied during an up state or deeply inside a down state. External noise can be varied to modulate the network continuously between two extreme regimes in which it remains permanently in either the up or the down state.

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