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BACKGROUND: Spontaneous hemopneumothorax is a rare condition that can be life-threatening if not promptly diagnosed and treated. We report a case of early treatment with transcatheter arterial embolization and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. CASE PRESENTATION: A 19-year-old Japanese male was diagnosed with left pneumothorax and underwent chest tube drainage. A total of 10 hours after admission, the patient developed dyspnea, chest pain, and sudden massive bloody effusion. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed contrast extravasation near the left lung apex, and spontaneous hemopneumothorax was diagnosed. Angiography revealed bleeding from a branch of the subscapular artery and transcatheter arterial embolization was performed. The patient underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and recovered uneventfully. CONCLUSIONS: Anesthesiologists involved in urgent surgeries must be aware that a patient with spontaneous pneumothorax can develop a hemopneumothorax, even when full lung expansion has been obtained following chest tube drainage, owing to latent aberrant artery disruption. Interprofessional team engagement is essential for spontaneous hemopneumothorax management.
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Drenagem , Embolização Terapêutica , Hemopneumotórax , Cirurgia Torácica Vídeoassistida , Humanos , Masculino , Hemopneumotórax/terapia , Hemopneumotórax/diagnóstico por imagem , Hemopneumotórax/etiologia , Adulto Jovem , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X , Tubos Torácicos , Resultado do Tratamento , Hemorragia/terapia , Hemorragia/etiologia , Pneumotórax/etiologia , Pneumotórax/terapia , Pneumotórax/diagnóstico por imagem , AngiografiaRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: To describe characteristics of published research on the safety and efficacy of vitamin K antagonists (VKA) for pregnant patients with antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLs), including their methodological characteristics and knowledge gaps. METHODS: This study followed the Joanna Briggs Institute Methodology for Scoping Reviews (JBI) methodology and utilized the PRISMA-ScR protocol system. Studies were primarily identified through searching electronic databases including MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials. Study characteristics and outcomes were reported and described using customized charting tables. RESULTS: Of 1,528 publications, 17 remained in the final analysis. These reported up to 190VKA-treated aPL-positive pregnancies diagnosed as antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), where pregnancies were likely overlapping cases in some publications. In the 17 reports, there were 723 individuals in comparison groups, including healthy, pre-treatment pregnancies or APS women treated with standard therapies without VKA. However, only 4 (23.5%) of the 17 publications stated a study objective focusing on VKA use, of which only one was a full-length article. In addition, information on VKA doses, disease diagnostic criteria and the long-term outcome of the offspring were largely absent. CONCLUSION: The current evidence is insufficient to assess VKA efficacy and safety profiles in aPL-positive pregnant patients. Studies with a defined focus on VKA use in this population are lacking, and reporting of key information is not consistent. The relative lack of the knowledge of VKA use in pregnant women with APS is concerning, and the efficacy and safety questions remain open.
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BACKGROUND: Patients with heart failure (HF) experience a wide variety of symptoms. Appropriate recognition of symptoms is important in HF care. The Heart Failure Somatic Perception Scale (HFSPS) measures the presence of HF symptoms and the degree to which physical symptoms are bothersome. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess the validity and reliability of the Japanese version of the HFSPS. METHODS: Confirmatory factor analysis was used to assess structural validity. Construct validity was assessed using Spearman's rank correlation coefficient to evaluate the association between HFSPS total and subscale scores and global physical health on the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System. Internal consistency was assessed using the model-based internal consistency for the HFSPS as a whole and Cronbach α for the subscales. RESULTS: Participants were 315 Japanese outpatients (72.1% male), with a mean age of 72.9 ± 12.9 years. The result of confirmatory factor analysis was an adequate model fit by adding error correlations. Construct validity was significant for the correlation with global physical health of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System. The model-based internal consistency was 0.95. Cronbach αs for each subscale were 0.88 for dyspnea, 0.60 for chest discomfort, 0.77 for early and subtle symptoms, and 0.77 for edema. CONCLUSIONS: The findings support the use of the HFSPS in a more diverse population, suggesting that it is a reliable and valid instrument in Japanese patients with HF. The HFSPS may provide an accurate assessment of the symptoms experienced by patients with HF in daily life in future educational intervention studies to improve symptom perception and coping behaviors.
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INTRODUCTION/OBJECTIVE: In Asia, 42% of young children suffer from iron deficiency anemia. Children have an increased requirement for iron intake because of growth and physical activity. Education plays an important role in anemia prevention and in ensuring children are aware of appropriate iron intake and the iron content of different foods. As a tool for this purpose, we adapted the adult version of the Revised Iron Intake Scale (RIIS) to create the Child and Adolescent Version of the Iron Intake Scale (CIIS), using illustrations to help children recognize the foods listed in the CIIS. We aimed to evaluate the validity and reliability of this new scale. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study using a self-administered questionnaire to examine the criterion-related validity of the CIIS. We used Spearman's rank correlation coefficient to compare iron intake estimated by the CIIS with that calculated by the Brief-type Diet History Questionnaire (BDHQ-15y), which assesses respondents' dietary habits over the past month and is standardized among Japanese children. The survey was repeated twice to examine reliability. RESULTS: We found a moderate positive correlation for iron intake between the CIIS and BDHQ-15y, with a correlation coefficient of .52 (n = 258, P < .001). Cronbach's alpha coefficient was .718. The CIIS reproducibility test yielded a correlation coefficient of .67. CONCLUSION: Our results indicated that the CIIS was valid, reliable, and reproducible. We therefore believe that the scale can be used to improve education about iron deficiency anemia and thereby reduce anemia rates among children and adolescents.
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Anemia Ferropriva , Humanos , Estudos Transversais , Criança , Feminino , Masculino , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Adolescente , Anemia Ferropriva/prevenção & controle , Inquéritos e Questionários , Ferro da Dieta/administração & dosagem , Pré-Escolar , Japão , Comportamento AlimentarRESUMO
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: To examine the reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ-J) for patients with mental illness, and to determine the characteristics of eating behavior among these patients when compared with healthy controls. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN: In May 2018, 120 outpatients with mental illness and 132 healthy controls were surveyed. First, exploratory factor analysis was conducted on the DEBQ-J statement responses for both patients and healthy controls. Next, reliability coefficients were calculated for the eating behavior scale scores (emotional, restrained, and external eating) extracted from the factor analysis. The association between BMI and eating behavior was examined using Student's t-test and Pearson's correlation coefficient. RESULTS: The DEBQ-J had a similar factor structure to that of the original DEBQ for healthy controls, with a cumulative contribution of 52.4% for the three factors, and alpha coefficients ranging from 0.87 to 0.91. For patients, factor analysis showed that four statements classified as emotional eating items in the original DEBQ were recategorized as external eating items, and the percentage of patients with obesity (BMI≥25) was 57.5%, compared with only 25.4% among the healthy controls. The patients with obesity tended to score higher on the external eating scale than did those with BMI<25. CONCLUSIONS: Patients tended to blur the distinction between emotional feelings of mental irritability or anxiety and feelings in response to external stimuli. Monitoring of the DEBQ-J external eating score and appropriate intervention among patients living with mental illness may help to prevent obesity.
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Comportamento Alimentar , Transtornos Mentais , Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Índice de Massa Corporal , Estudos de Casos e Controles , População do Leste Asiático , Comportamento Alimentar/psicologia , Japão , Transtornos Mentais/psicologia , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Inquéritos e QuestionáriosRESUMO
Objectives: Approximately 17% of Japanese women have hemoglobin concentrations less than 12 g/dL. Therefore, anemia prevention and early intervention are crucial public health issues in Japan. This study aimed to identify the symptoms and characteristics of anemic individuals in the general adult population by comparing survey responses of individuals with anemia and without anemia visiting blood donation centers. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study used self-administered questionnaires. Individuals who visited two Japanese Red Cross Society blood donation centers in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan were included. Hemoglobin levels were measured at blood donation, and the levels of 13 g/dL for men and 12 g/dL for women were defined as anemia. Results: Of the 857 individuals analyzed, 530 were men and 327 were women, of whom 19 (3.6%) and 12 (3.7%) had low hemoglobin levels, respectively. Logistic regression analysis was performed in men, and the results showed that "lightheadedness" (odds ratio [OR]=8.4) and "depressive symptoms" (OR=3.6) were significantly associated with hemoglobin levels. None of the evaluated items were significantly associated with hemoglobin levels in women. Conclusion: Among healthy Japanese men, those who exhibit lightheadedness and depressive symptoms have an increased risk of anemia. Lightheadedness and depressive symptoms may be indicative of undiagnosed anemia in men, which necessitates greater clinical attention.
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Anemia , Trombocitopenia , Tromboembolia Venosa , Humanos , Tromboembolia Venosa/tratamento farmacológico , Tromboembolia Venosa/induzido quimicamente , Trombocitopenia/complicações , Trombocitopenia/induzido quimicamente , Hemorragia/induzido quimicamente , Anticoagulantes/efeitos adversosRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Lactating mothers taking ezetimibe, an antihyperlipidemic agent, may be hesitant to breastfeed despite the known benefit of breastfeeding to both mother and infant. Currently, no data exist on the presence or concentration of ezetimibe and its main active metabolite, ezetimibe-glucuronide (EZE-glucuronide), in human breast milk. METHODS: Voluntary breast milk samples containing ezetimibe and EZE-glucuronide were attained from lactating mothers taking ezetimibe as part of their treatment. An assay was developed and validated to measure ezetimibe and EZE-glucuronide concentrations in breast milk. A workflow that utilized a developed and evaluated pediatric physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model, the measured concentrations in milk, and weight-normalized breast milk intake volumes was applied to predict infant exposures and determine the upper area under the curve ratio (UAR). RESULTS: Fifteen breast milk samples from two maternal-infant pairs were collected. The developed liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) assay showed an analytical range of 0.039-5.0 ng/mL and 0.39-50.0 ng/mL for ezetimibe and EZE-glucuronide, respectively. The measured concentrations in the breast milk samples were 0.17-1.02 ng/mL and 0.42-2.65 ng/mL of ezetimibe and EZE-glucuronide, respectively. The evaluated pediatric PBPK model demonstrated minimal exposure overlap in adult therapeutic dose and breastfed infant simulated area under the concentration-time curve from time zero to 24 h (AUC24). Calculated UAR across infant age groups ranged from 0.0015 to 0.0026. CONCLUSIONS: PBPK model-predicted ezetimibe and EZE-glucuronide exposures and UAR suggest that breastfeeding infants would receive non-therapeutic exposures. Future work should involve a 'mother-infant pair study' to ascertain breastfed infant plasma ezetimibe and EZE-glucuronide concentrations to confirm the findings of this work.
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Aleitamento Materno , Leite Humano , Lactente , Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Criança , Leite Humano/química , Lactação/metabolismo , Glucuronídeos/metabolismo , Ezetimiba/análise , Ezetimiba/metabolismo , Cromatografia Líquida , Espectrometria de Massas em TandemRESUMO
Background: Heart failure concomitant with prolactinoma is extremely rare. Case summary: We present the case of a 29-year-old man who had acute decompensated heart failure concomitant with visual loss in his right eye. Transthoracic echocardiography indicated severely decreased left ventricular (LV) function. A massive tumour on the sella turcica was detected by brain computed tomography. The findings of the laboratory tests showed hyperprolactinaemia with hypopituitarism, and the antigen test for coronavirus disease 2019 was positive as an incidental finding. Medication for heart failure and cabergoline therapy were started immediately. His LV function significantly improved, and he had no symptoms after a year. Discussion: Prolactinoma in men, which can cause visual loss and hypopituitarism, is frequently substantial when diagnosed. The cardiac manifestation of prolactinoma is uncommon. It is believed that a major contributing component to the pathogenesis of peripartum cardiomyopathy is hyperprolactinaemia. Hyperprolactinaemia may cause endothelial damage and cardiomyocyte dysfunction, eventually resulting in LV dysfunction. The success of LV reverse remodelling may be significantly impacted by heart failure and hormone treatments. Heart failure and endocrine therapy should be administered concurrently to patients who have prolactinoma and congestive heart failure.
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Recent studies have found dramatic cell-type specific responses to stimulus novelty, highlighting the importance of analyzing the cortical circuitry at the cell-type specific level of granularity to understand brain function. Although initial work classified and characterized activity for each cell type, the specific alterations in cortical circuitry-particularly when multiple novelty effects interact-remain unclear. To address this gap, we employed a large-scale public dataset of electrophysiological recordings in the visual cortex of awake, behaving mice using Neuropixels probes and designed population network models to investigate the observed changes in neural dynamics in response to a combination of distinct forms of novelty. The model parameters were rigorously constrained by publicly available structural datasets, including multi-patch synaptic physiology and electron microscopy data. Our systematic optimization approach identified tens of thousands of model parameter sets that replicate the observed neural activity. Analysis of these solutions revealed generally weaker connections under novel stimuli, as well as a shift in the balance e between SST and VIP populations. Along with this, PV and SST populations experienced overall more excitatory influences compared to excitatory and VIP populations. Our results also highlight the role of VIP neurons in multiple aspects of visual stimulus processing and altering gain and saturation dynamics under novel conditions. In sum, our findings provide a systematic characterization of how the cortical circuit adapts to stimulus novelty by combining multiple rich public datasets.
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Adiposity varies among individuals with the influence of diverse physiological, pathological, environmental, hormonal, and genetic factors, but a unified molecular basis remains elusive. Here, we identify HSP47, a collagen-specific chaperone, as a key determinant of body adiposity. HSP47 expression is abundant in adipose tissue; increased with feeding, overeating, and obesity; decreased with fasting, exercise, calorie restriction, bariatric surgery, and cachexia; and correlated with fat mass, BMI, waist, and hip circumferences. Insulin and glucocorticoids, respectively, up- and down-regulate HSP47 expression. In humans, the increase of HSP47 gene expression by its intron or synonymous variants is associated with higher body adiposity traits. In mice, the adipose-specific knockout or pharmacological inhibition of HSP47 leads to lower body adiposity compared to the control. Mechanistically, HSP47 promotes collagen dynamics in the folding, secretion, and interaction with integrin, which activates FAK signaling and preserves PPARγ protein from proteasomal degradation, partly related to MDM2. The study highlights the significance of HSP47 in determining the amount of body fat individually and under various circumstances.
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Adiposidade , Proteínas de Choque Térmico HSP47 , Animais , Humanos , Camundongos , Colágeno/metabolismo , Proteínas de Choque Térmico HSP47/genética , Chaperonas Moleculares/metabolismo , Obesidade/genéticaRESUMO
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Knowledge about exposure to cannabidiol (CBD) in breastfed infants can provide an improved understanding of potential risk. The aim was to predict CBD exposure in breastfed infants from mothers taking CBD and CBD-containing products. METHODS: Cannabidiol concentrations in milk previously attained from data collected through an existing human milk research biorepository were used to simulate infant doses and identify subgroups. A developed pediatric physiologically based pharmacokinetic model produced virtual breastfed infants administered the simulated CBD doses. Predicted breastfed infant exposures and upper area under the curve ratios were compared to the lowest therapeutic dose for approved indications in children. RESULTS: The existing human milk research biorepository contained 200 samples from 181 unique breastfeeding mothers for whom self-reported administration data and CBD concentrations had previously been measured. Samples that were above the lower limit of quantification with only one maternal administration type revealed that administration type, i.e., joint/blunt or edible versus oil or pipe, resulted in significantly different subgroups in terms of milk concentrations. Resulting simulated infant doses (ng/kg) were described by lognormal distributions with geometric means and geometric standard deviations: 0.61 ± 2.41 all concentrations, 0.10 ± 0.37 joint/blunt or edible, and 2.23 ± 8.15 oil or pipe. Doses administered to breastfed infants had exposures magnitudes lower than exposures in children aged 4-11 years administered the lowest therapeutic dose for approved indications, and low upper area under the curve ratios. CONCLUSIONS: Based on real-world use, breastfeeding infants are predicted to receive very small exposures of CBD through milk. Studies examining adverse reactions will provide further insight into potential risk.
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Canabidiol , Uso da Maconha , Feminino , Lactente , Humanos , Criança , Aleitamento Materno/efeitos adversos , Leite HumanoRESUMO
Background: Excessive liquorice ingestion sometimes causes pseudoaldosteronism. The association between liquorice-induced pseudoaldosteronism and acute heart failure has not been well described. Case summary: An 89-year-old woman was referred to the hospital due to muscle weakness with rhabdomyolysis and severe hypokalaemia. The electrocardiogram in the emergency department revealed pulseless ventricular tachycardia, thus, emergent defibrillation was delivered. Laboratory findings revealed severe hypokalaemia with metabolic alkalosis. Plasma renin activity and serum aldosterone were highly suppressed. Her medications included herbal medicines containing a great amount of liquorice. The patient was diagnosed with pseudoaldosteronism caused by liquorice over-ingestion. She developed acute pulmonary oedema with unexpected left ventricular (LV) dysfunction after the peak out of creatine kinase. She was managed with acute heart failure therapy, as well as optimal medical therapy. She accidentally developed an acute embolic stroke but fully recovered due to emergent thrombolytic therapy. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging revealed banding late gadolinium enhancement in the basal-mid segments, which was inconsistent with takotsubo cardiomyopathy. As time passed, LV function unexpectedly improved, and congestive heart failure was completely compensated. Discussion: Liquorice contains glycyrrhetinic acid that inhibits 11ßHSD2. This invites the over-activation of mineralocorticoid receptors by cortisol in the kidneys and eventually causes hypokalaemia and hypertension. Acute heart failure caused by excessive liquorice ingestion is scarcely described. The triggering factors for LV dysfunction and acute congestive heart failure remain unclear. Rhabdomyolysis could affect massive catecholamine release and cause LV dysfunction.
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INTRODUCTION: Despite many research efforts, current data on the safety of medicines during breastfeeding are either fragmented or lacking, resulting in restrictive labeling of most medicines. In the absence of pharmacoepidemiologic safety studies, risk estimation for breastfed infants is mainly derived from pharmacokinetic (PK) information on medicine. This manuscript provides a description and a comparison of the different methodological approaches that can yield reliable information on medicine transfer into human milk and the resulting infant exposure. AREA COVERED: Currently, most information on medicine transfer in human milk relies on case reports or traditional PK studies, which generate data that can hardly be generalized to the population. Some methodological approaches, such as population PK (popPK) and physiologically based PK (PBPK) modeling, can be used to provide a more complete characterization of infant medicine exposure through human milk and simulate the most extreme situations while decreasing the burden of sampling in breastfeeding women. EXPERT OPINION: PBPK and popPK modeling are promising approaches to fill the gap in knowledge of medicine safety in breastfeeding, as illustrated with our escitalopram example.
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Aleitamento Materno , Leite Humano , Lactente , Feminino , Humanos , Modelos BiológicosRESUMO
The Hodgkin-Huxley model of action potential generation and propagation, published in the Journal of Physiology in 1952, initiated the field of biophysically detailed computational modelling in neuroscience, which has expanded to encompass a variety of species and components of the nervous system. Here we review the developments in this area with a focus on efforts in the community towards modelling the mammalian neocortex using spatially extended conductance-based neuronal models. The Hodgkin-Huxley formalism and related foundational contributions, such as Rall's cable theory, remain widely used in these efforts to the current day. We argue that at present the field is undergoing a qualitative change due to new very rich datasets describing the composition, connectivity and functional activity of cortical circuits, which are being integrated systematically into large-scale network models. This trend, combined with the accelerating development of convenient software tools supporting such complex modelling projects, is giving rise to highly detailed models of the cortex that are extensively constrained by the data, enabling computational investigation of a multitude of questions about cortical structure and function.
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Neocórtex , Neurônios , Animais , Neurônios/fisiologia , Potenciais de Ação/fisiologia , Simulação por Computador , Modelos Neurológicos , MamíferosRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Intrathecal injections provide important access to the central nervous system for delivery of anesthetic, analgesic or chemotherapeutic drugs that do not otherwise cross the blood-brain barrier. The administration of drugs via this route in animal models is challenging due to an inability to visualize the small target space during injection. Successful drug delivery therefore requires expertise in indirectly assessing vertebral and spinal cord anatomy and gaining advanced procedural skills. These factors are especially compounded in small animals such as mice (the most common mammalian model) and in investigations modeling pediatric drug delivery, where the animal is even smaller. NEW METHOD: To address these issues, we have developed a method in which high-frequency ultrasound imaging is used to visualize and target the lumbar intrathecal space for injections. The technique is demonstrated in mice as young as postnatal day 16. To evaluate the method, a gadolinium-based magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent was injected intrathecally, and subsequent brain delivery was verified post-injection by MRI. RESULTS: Successful intrathecal injections of the MRI contrast agent showed distribution to the brain. In this study, we achieved a targeting success rate of 80% in 20 animals. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHODS AND CONCLUSION: We expect that the new method will be convenient for drug delivery to the central nervous system in rodent research and provide higher reliability than unguided approaches, an essential contribution that will enable intrathecal delivery in pediatric mouse models.
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Sistema Nervoso Central , Meios de Contraste , Camundongos , Animais , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Sistema Nervoso Central/diagnóstico por imagem , Injeções Espinhais , Ultrassonografia , Ultrassonografia de Intervenção , MamíferosRESUMO
Microwaves, long used as a convenient household appliance, have been increasingly used in industrial processes such as organic synthesis and oil processing. It has been proposed that microwaves can enhance these chemical processes via a non-thermal effect. Here we report the instantaneous effect of microwaves on the permittivity and phase velocity of light in water through the in-situ measurement of changes in refractive index. Microwave irradiation was found to reduce the water refractive index (RI) sharply. The reduction increased as a function of microwave power to a far greater extent than expected from the change in temperature. The phase velocity of light in water increases up to ~ 5% (RI of 1.27) during microwave irradiation. Upon stopping irradiation, the return to the equilibrium RI was delayed by up to 30 min. Our measurement shows that microwaves have a profound non-thermal and long-lasting effect on the properties of water. Further investigation is planned to verify if the observed RI reduction is restricted to the region near the surface or deep inside water bulk. The observation suggests a relationship between microwave-induced and the enhanced aqueous reactions.
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Micro-Ondas , Água , Refratometria , TemperaturaRESUMO
A topographic map of auditory space is a feature found in the superior colliculus (SC) of many species, including CBA/CaJ mice. In this genetic background, high-frequency monaural spectral cues and interaural level differences (ILDs) are used to compute spatial receptive fields (RFs) that form a topographic map along the azimuth. Unfortunately, C57BL/6 mice, a strain widely used for transgenic manipulation, display age-related hearing loss (AHL) because of an inbred mutation in the Cadherin 23 gene (Cdh23) that affects hair cell mechanotransduction. To overcome this problem, researchers have used young C57BL/6 mice in their studies, as they have been shown to have normal hearing thresholds. However, important details of the auditory response characteristics of the SC such as spectral responses and spatial localization, have not been characterized in young C57BL/6 mice. Here, we show that two- to four-month C57BL/6 mice lack neurons with frontal auditory RFs and therefore lack a topographic representation of auditory space in the SC. Analysis of the spectrotemporal RFs (STRFs) of the SC auditory neurons shows that C57BL/6 mouse SC neurons lack the ability to detect the high-frequency (>40 kHz) spectral cues that are needed to compute frontal RFs. We also show that crossing C57BL/6 mice with CBA/CaJ mice or introducing one copy of the wild-type Cdh23 to C57BL/6 mice rescues the high-frequency hearing deficit and improves the topographic map of auditory space. Taken together, these results demonstrate the importance of high-frequency hearing in computing a topographic map of auditory space.
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Mecanotransdução Celular , Colículos Superiores , Estimulação Acústica , Animais , Caderinas/genética , Caderinas/metabolismo , Audição , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Endogâmicos CBA , Colículos Superiores/fisiologiaRESUMO
We present a unique, extensive, and open synaptic physiology analysis platform and dataset. Through its application, we reveal principles that relate cell type to synaptic properties and intralaminar circuit organization in the mouse and human cortex. The dynamics of excitatory synapses align with the postsynaptic cell subclass, whereas inhibitory synapse dynamics partly align with presynaptic cell subclass but with considerable overlap. Synaptic properties are heterogeneous in most subclass-to-subclass connections. The two main axes of heterogeneity are strength and variability. Cell subclasses divide along the variability axis, whereas the strength axis accounts for substantial heterogeneity within the subclass. In the human cortex, excitatory-to-excitatory synaptic dynamics are distinct from those in the mouse cortex and vary with depth across layers 2 and 3.