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Selective amplification of neocortical neuronal output by fast prepotentials in vivo.
Crochet, S; Fuentealba, P; Timofeev, I; Steriade, M.
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  • Crochet S; Laboratoire de Neurophysiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Québec, Canada G1K 7P4.
Cereb Cortex ; 14(10): 1110-21, 2004 Oct.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15115743
Neocortical cells integrate inputs from thousands of presynaptic neurons distributed along their dendritic arbors. Propagation of postsynaptic potentials to the soma is crucial in determining neuronal output. Using intracellular recordings in anesthetized and non-anesthetized, naturally awake and sleeping cats, we found evidence for generation of fast, all-or-none events recorded at the soma in about 20% of regular-spiking and intrinsically-bursting neurons. These events, termed fast prepotentials (FPPs), were suppressed by hyperpolarizing the neurons or by inhibiting synaptic transmission with perfusion of Ca2+-free artificial cerebrospinal fluid. FPPs could be evoked by activation of specific cortical inputs and allowed neurons to fire at more hyperpolarized levels of membrane potentials. Thus, FPPs represent a powerful mechanism to boost the output of neocortical neurons in response to given inputs. We further found evidence for modulation of FPPs generation across the waking-sleep cycle, indicating important changes in the integrative properties of neocortical neurons in different states of vigilance. We suggest that FPPs represent attenuated spikes generated in hot spots of the dendritic arbor and constitute a powerful mechanism to reinforce the functional connections between specific elements of the cortical networks.
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Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Transmissão Sináptica / Neocórtex / Neurônios Limite: Animals Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2004 Tipo de documento: Article
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Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Transmissão Sináptica / Neocórtex / Neurônios Limite: Animals Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2004 Tipo de documento: Article