Spike desensitisation as a mechanism for high-contrast selectivity in retinal ganglion cells
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
17
Опубликована: Янв. 10, 2024
In
the
vertebrate
retina,
several
dozens
of
parallel
channels
relay
information
about
visual
world
to
brain.
These
are
represented
by
different
types
retinal
ganglion
cells
(RGCs),
whose
responses
rendered
selective
for
distinct
sets
features
various
mechanisms.
mechanisms
can
be
roughly
grouped
into
synaptic
interactions
and
cell-intrinsic
mechanisms,
with
latter
including
dendritic
morphology
as
well
ion
channel
complement
distribution.
Here,
we
investigate
how
strongly
shape
RGC
output
comparing
two
mouse
types,
well-described
ON
alpha
cell
a
little-studied
that
is
EGFP-labelled
in
Язык: Английский
High-fidelity dendritic sodium spike generation in human layer 2/3 neocortical pyramidal neurons
Cell Reports,
Год журнала:
2022,
Номер
41(3), С. 111500 - 111500
Опубликована: Окт. 1, 2022
Dendritic
spikes
function
as
cardinal
components
of
rodent
neocortical
circuit
computations.
Recently,
the
biophysical
properties
human
pyramidal
neurons
(PNs)
have
been
reported
to
be
divergent,
raising
question
whether
dendritic
homologous
roles
in
neocortex.
To
directly
address
this,
we
made
electrical
recordings
from
soma
and
apical
dendrites
rat
layer
2/3
PNs
temporal
cortex.
In
both
species,
excitatory
input
led
initiation
sodium-channel-mediated
spikes.
sodium
could
generated
across
a
wide
range,
exhibited
similar
frequency
range
activation,
forward-propagated
with
high-fidelity
implement
stereotyped
computations
PNs.
However,
physical
expansion
complexification
trees
allowed
enriched
expression
spike
generation.
The
computational
capacity
is
therefore
enhanced
by
widespread
implementation
conserved
integration
mechanism.
Язык: Английский
Cone bipolar cell synapses generate transient versus sustained signals in parallel ON pathways of the mouse retina
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Май 14, 2024
Abstract
Parallel
processing
is
a
fundamental
organizing
principle
in
the
nervous
system,
and
understanding
how
parallel
neural
circuits
generate
distinct
outputs
from
common
inputs
key
goal
of
neuroscience.
In
mammalian
retina,
divergence
cone
signals
into
multiple
feed-forward
bipolar
cell
pathways
forms
initial
basis
for
retinal
dedicated
to
specific
visual
functions.
Here,
we
used
patch-clamp
electrophysiology,
electron
microscopy
two
photon
imaging
fluorescent
glutamate
sensor
examine
kinetically
responses
arise
transient
versus
sustained
ON
alpha
RGCs
(ON-T
ON-S
RGCs)
mouse
retina.
We
directly
compared
response
properties
these
with
their
presynaptic
partners,
which
identified
using
3D
reconstruction.
Different
subtypes
(type
5i,
type
6
7)
had
indistinguishable
light-driven
whereas
extracellular
around
RGC
dendrites
postsynaptic
excitatory
currents
measured
ON-T
identical
stimuli
probe
cells
were
distinct.
Anatomical
examination
axon
terminals
suggests
subtype-specific
differences
size
synaptic
ribbon-associated
vesicle
pools
may
contribute
kinetics.
Our
findings
indicate
synapses
are
primary
point
pathways.
Язык: Английский
Cone bipolar cell synapses generate transient versus sustained signals in parallel ON pathways of the mouse retina
Опубликована: Авг. 20, 2024
Parallel
processing
is
a
fundamental
organizing
principle
in
the
nervous
system,
and
understanding
how
parallel
neural
circuits
generate
distinct
outputs
from
common
inputs
key
goal
of
neuroscience.
In
mammalian
retina,
divergence
cone
signals
into
multiple
feed-forward
bipolar
cell
pathways
forms
initial
basis
for
retinal
dedicated
to
specific
visual
functions.
Here,
we
used
patch-clamp
electrophysiology,
electron
microscopy
two
photon
imaging
fluorescent
glutamate
sensor
examine
kinetically
responses
arise
transient
versus
sustained
ON
alpha
RGCs
(ON-T
ON-S
RGCs)
mouse
retina.
We
directly
compared
response
properties
these
with
their
presynaptic
partners,
which
identified
using
3D
reconstruction.
Different
subtypes
(type
5i,
type
6
7)
had
indistinguishable
light-driven
whereas
extracellular
around
RGC
dendrites
postsynaptic
excitatory
currents
measured
ON-T
identical
stimuli
probe
cells
were
distinct.
Anatomical
examination
axon
terminals
suggests
subtype-specific
differences
size
synaptic
ribbon-associated
vesicle
pools
may
contribute
kinetics.
Our
findings
indicate
synapses
are
primary
point
pathways.
Язык: Английский
Plaid masking explained with input-dependent dendritic nonlinearities
Scientific Reports,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
14(1)
Опубликована: Окт. 22, 2024
Abstract
A
serious
obstacle
for
understanding
early
spatial
vision
comes
from
the
failure
of
so-called
standard
model
(SM)
to
predict
perception
plaid
masking.
But
SM
originated
a
major
oversimplification
single
neuron
computations,
ignoring
fundamental
properties
dendrites.
Here
we
show
that
including
computations
mimicking
input-dependent
nature
dendritic
nonlinearities,
i.e.
nonlinear
neural
summation,
has
potential
explain
masking
data.
Язык: Английский
Cone bipolar cell synapses generate transient versus sustained signals in parallel ON pathways of the mouse retina
Опубликована: Авг. 20, 2024
Parallel
processing
is
a
fundamental
organizing
principle
in
the
nervous
system,
and
understanding
how
parallel
neural
circuits
generate
distinct
outputs
from
common
inputs
key
goal
of
neuroscience.
In
mammalian
retina,
divergence
cone
signals
into
multiple
feed-forward
bipolar
cell
pathways
forms
initial
basis
for
retinal
dedicated
to
specific
visual
functions.
Here,
we
used
patch-clamp
electrophysiology,
electron
microscopy
two
photon
imaging
fluorescent
glutamate
sensor
examine
kinetically
responses
arise
transient
versus
sustained
ON
alpha
RGCs
(ON-T
ON-S
RGCs)
mouse
retina.
We
directly
compared
response
properties
these
with
their
presynaptic
partners,
which
identified
using
3D
reconstruction.
Different
subtypes
(type
5i,
type
6
7)
had
indistinguishable
light-driven
whereas
extracellular
around
RGC
dendrites
postsynaptic
excitatory
currents
measured
ON-T
identical
stimuli
probe
cells
were
distinct.
Anatomical
examination
axon
terminals
suggests
subtype-specific
differences
size
synaptic
ribbon-associated
vesicle
pools
may
contribute
kinetics.
Our
findings
indicate
synapses
are
primary
point
pathways.
Язык: Английский