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Saberi M, Khosrowabadi R, Khatibi A, Misic B, Jafari G. Pattern of frustration formation in the functional brain network. Netw Neurosci 2022; 6:1334-1356. [PMID: 38800463 PMCID: PMC11117102 DOI: 10.1162/netn_a_00268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2022] [Indexed: 05/29/2024] Open
Abstract
The brain is a frustrated system that contains conflictual link arrangements named frustration. The frustration as a source of disorder prevents the system from settling into low-energy states and provides flexibility for brain network organization. In this research, we tried to identify the pattern of frustration formation in the brain at the levels of region, connection, canonical network, and hemisphere. We found that frustration formation has no uniform pattern. Some subcortical elements have an active role in frustration formation, despite low contributions from many cortical elements. Frustrating connections are mostly between-network connections, and triadic frustrations are mainly formed between three regions from three distinct canonical networks. We did not find any significant differences between brain hemispheres or any robust differences between the frustration formation patterns of various life-span stages. Our results may be interesting for those who study the organization of brain links and promising for those who want to manipulate brain networks.
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- Majid Saberi
- Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, G.C. Tehran, Iran
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- Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, G.C. Tehran, Iran
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- Centre of Precision Rehabilitation for Spinal Pain (CPR Spine), School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montréal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, G.C. Tehran, Iran
- Physics Department, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
- Institute of Information Technology and Data Science, Irkutsk National Research Technical University, Irkutsk, Russia
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Lin X, Amalraj M, Blanton C, Avila B, Holmes TC, Nitz DA, Xu X. Noncanonical projections to the hippocampal CA3 regulate spatial learning and memory by modulating the feedforward hippocampal trisynaptic pathway. PLoS Biol 2021; 19:e3001127. [PMID: 34928938 PMCID: PMC8741299 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2021] [Revised: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
The hippocampal formation (HF) is well documented as having a feedforward, unidirectional circuit organization termed the trisynaptic pathway. This circuit organization exists along the septotemporal axis of the HF, but the circuit connectivity across septal to temporal regions is less well described. The emergence of viral genetic mapping techniques enhances our ability to determine the detailed complexity of HF circuitry. In earlier work, we mapped a subiculum (SUB) back projection to CA1 prompted by the discovery of theta wave back propagation from the SUB to CA1 and CA3. We reason that this circuitry may represent multiple extended noncanonical pathways involving the subicular complex and hippocampal subregions CA1 and CA3. In the present study, multiple retrograde viral tracing approaches produced robust mapping results, which supports this prediction. We find significant noncanonical synaptic inputs to dorsal hippocampal CA3 from ventral CA1 (vCA1), perirhinal cortex (Prh), and the subicular complex. Thus, CA1 inputs to CA3 run opposite the trisynaptic pathway and in a temporal to septal direction. Our retrograde viral tracing results are confirmed by anterograde-directed viral mapping of projections from input mapped regions to hippocampal dorsal CA3 (dCA3). We find that genetic inactivation of the projection of vCA1 to dCA3 impairs object-related spatial learning and memory but does not modulate anxiety-related behaviors. Our data provide a circuit foundation to explore novel functional roles contributed by these noncanonical hippocampal circuit connections to hippocampal circuit dynamics and learning and memory behaviors.
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- Xiaoxiao Lin
- Department Anatomy & Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, United States of America
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- Department Anatomy & Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, United States of America
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- Department Anatomy & Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, United States of America
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- Department Anatomy & Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, United States of America
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- Department Physiology & Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, United States of America
- The Center for Neural Circuit Mapping, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America
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- The Center for Neural Circuit Mapping, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America
- Department of Cognitive Science, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department Anatomy & Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, United States of America
- The Center for Neural Circuit Mapping, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America
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Development of Local Circuit Connections to Hilar Mossy Cells in the Mouse Dentate Gyrus. eNeuro 2019; 6:eN-NWR-0370-18. [PMID: 30937358 PMCID: PMC6439204 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0370-18.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2018] [Revised: 02/15/2019] [Accepted: 02/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Hilar mossy cells in the dentate gyrus (DG) shape the firing and function of the hippocampal circuit. However, the neural circuitry providing afferent input to mossy cells is incompletely understood, and little is known about the development of these inputs. Thus, we used whole-cell recording and laser scanning photostimulation (LSPS) to characterize the developmental trajectory of local excitatory and inhibitory synaptic inputs to mossy cells in the mouse hippocampus. Hilar mossy cells were targeted by visualizing non-red fluorescent cells in the dentate hilus of GAD2-Cre; Ai9 mice that expressed tdTomato in GAD+ neurons, and were confirmed by post hoc morphological characterization. Our results show that at postnatal day (P)6–P7, mossy cells received more excitatory input from neurons in the proximal CA3 versus those in the DG. In contrast, at P13–P14 and P21–P28, the largest source of excitatory input originated in DG cells, while the strength of CA3 and hilar inputs declined. A developmental trend was also evident for inhibitory inputs. Overall inhibitory input at P6–P7 was weak, while inhibitory inputs from the DG cell layer and the hilus predominated at P13–P14 and P21–P28. The strength of local DG excitation and inhibition to mossy cells peaked at P13–P14 and decreased slightly in older P21–P28 mice. Together, these data provide new detailed information on the development of local synaptic connectivity of mossy cells, and suggests mechanisms through which developmental changes in local circuit inputs to hilar mossy cells shape their physiology and vulnerability to injury during postnatal periods.
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Zhou QG, Nemes AD, Lee D, Ro EJ, Zhang J, Nowacki AS, Dymecki SM, Najm IM, Suh H. Chemogenetic silencing of hippocampal neurons suppresses epileptic neural circuits. J Clin Invest 2018; 129:310-323. [PMID: 30507615 DOI: 10.1172/jci95731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Accepted: 10/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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We investigated how pathological changes in newborn hippocampal dentate granule cells (DGCs) lead to epilepsy. Using a rabies virus-mediated retrograde tracing system and a designer receptors exclusively activated by designer drugs (DREADD) chemogenetic method, we demonstrated that newborn hippocampal DGCs are required for the formation of epileptic neural circuits and the induction of spontaneous recurrent seizures (SRS). A rabies virus-mediated mapping study revealed that aberrant circuit integration of hippocampal newborn DGCs formed excessive de novo excitatory connections as well as recurrent excitatory loops, allowing the hippocampus to produce, amplify, and propagate excessive recurrent excitatory signals. In epileptic mice, DREADD-mediated-specific suppression of hippocampal newborn DGCs dramatically reduced epileptic spikes and SRS in an inducible and reversible manner. Conversely, specific activation of hippocampal newborn DGCs increased both epileptic spikes and SRS. Our study reveals an essential role for hippocampal newborn DGCs in the formation and function of epileptic neural circuits, providing critical insights into DGCs as a potential therapeutic target for treating epilepsy.
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- Qi-Gang Zhou
- Department of Neurosciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.,Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacy College, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Neurosciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacy College, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Epilepsy Center, Neurological Institute, and
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- Department of Neurosciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Opposing and Complementary Topographic Connectivity Gradients Revealed by Quantitative Analysis of Canonical and Noncanonical Hippocampal CA1 Inputs. eNeuro 2018; 5:eN-NWR-0322-17. [PMID: 29387780 PMCID: PMC5790753 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0322-17.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2017] [Revised: 01/08/2018] [Accepted: 01/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Physiological studies suggest spatial representation gradients along the CA1 proximodistal axis. To determine the underlying anatomical basis, we quantitatively mapped canonical and noncanonical inputs to excitatory neurons in dorsal hippocampal CA1 along the proximal-distal axis in mice of both sexes using monosynaptic rabies tracing. Our quantitative analyses show comparable strength of subiculum complex and entorhinal cortex (EC) inputs to CA1, significant inputs from presubiculum and parasubiculum to CA1, and a threefold stronger input to proximal versus distal CA1 from CA3. Noncanonical subicular complex inputs exhibit opposing topographic connectivity gradients whereby the subiculum-CA1 input strength systematically increases but the presubiculum-CA1 input strength decreases along the proximal-distal axis. The subiculum input strength cotracks that of the lateral EC, known to be less spatially selective than the medial EC. The functional significance of this organization is verified physiologically for subiculum-to-CA1 inputs. These results reveal a novel anatomical framework by which to determine the circuit bases for CA1 representations.
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Local and Long-Range Circuit Connections to Hilar Mossy Cells in the Dentate Gyrus. eNeuro 2017; 4:eN-NWR-0097-17. [PMID: 28451637 PMCID: PMC5396130 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0097-17.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2017] [Revised: 04/03/2017] [Accepted: 04/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Hilar mossy cells are the prominent glutamatergic cell type in the dentate hilus of the dentate gyrus (DG); they have been proposed to have critical roles in the DG network. To better understand how mossy cells contribute to DG function, we have applied new viral genetic and functional circuit mapping approaches to quantitatively map and compare local and long-range circuit connections of mossy cells and dentate granule cells in the mouse. The great majority of inputs to mossy cells consist of two parallel inputs from within the DG: an excitatory input pathway from dentate granule cells and an inhibitory input pathway from local DG inhibitory neurons. Mossy cells also receive a moderate degree of excitatory and inhibitory CA3 input from proximal CA3 subfields. Long range inputs to mossy cells are numerically sparse, and they are only identified readily from the medial septum and the septofimbrial nucleus. In comparison, dentate granule cells receive most of their inputs from the entorhinal cortex. The granule cells receive significant synaptic inputs from the hilus and the medial septum, and they also receive direct inputs from both distal and proximal CA3 subfields, which has been underdescribed in the existing literature. Our slice-based physiological mapping studies further supported the identified circuit connections of mossy cells and granule cells. Together, our data suggest that hilar mossy cells are major local circuit integrators and they exert modulation of the activity of dentate granule cells as well as the CA3 region through "back-projection" pathways.
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Xu X, Sun Y, Holmes TC, López AJ. Noncanonical connections between the subiculum and hippocampal CA1. J Comp Neurol 2016; 524:3666-3673. [PMID: 27150503 DOI: 10.1002/cne.24024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2015] [Revised: 04/16/2016] [Accepted: 04/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The hippocampal formation is traditionally viewed as having a feedforward, unidirectional circuit organization that promotes propagation of excitatory processes. While the substantial forward projection from hippocampal CA1 to the subiculum has been very well established, accumulating evidence supports the existence of a significant backprojection pathway comprised of both excitatory and inhibitory elements from the subiculum to CA1. Based on these recently updated anatomical connections, such a backprojection could serve to modulate information processing in hippocampal CA1. Here we review the published anatomical and physiological studies on the subiculum to CA1 backprojection, and present recent conclusive anatomical evidence for the presence of noncanonical subicular projections to CA1. New insights into this understudied pathway will improve our understanding of reciprocal CA1-subicular connections and guide future studies on how the subiculum interacts with CA1 to regulate hippocampal circuit activity and learning and memory behaviors. J. Comp. Neurol. 524:3666-3673, 2016. © 2016 The Authors The Journal of Comparative Neurology Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Xiangmin Xu
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, USA. .,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, California, USA. .,Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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Xu X, Ikrar T, Sun Y, Santos R, Holmes TC, Francesconi W, Berton F. High-resolution and cell-type-specific photostimulation mapping shows weak excitatory vs. strong inhibitory inputs in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis. J Neurophysiol 2016; 115:3204-16. [PMID: 27052587 DOI: 10.1152/jn.01148.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2015] [Accepted: 04/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) is a key component of the extended amygdala and has been implicated in anxiety and addiction. As individual neurons function within neural circuits, it is important to understand local microcircuits and larger network connections of identified neuronal types and understand how maladaptive changes in the BNST neural networks are induced by stress and drug abuse. However, due to limitations of classic anatomical and physiological methods, the local circuit organization of synaptic inputs to specific BNST neuron types is not well understood. In this study, we report on the application of high-resolution and cell-type-specific photostimulation methodology developed in our laboratory to local circuit mapping in the BNST. Under calibrated experimental conditions, laser photostimulation via glutamate uncaging or channelrhodopsin-2 photoactivation evokes spiking of BNST neurons perisomatically, without activating spikes from axons of passage or distal dendrites. Whole cell recordings, combined with spatially restricted photostimulation of presynaptic neurons at many different locations over a large region, allow high-resolution mapping of presynaptic input sources to single recorded neurons in the BNST. We constructed maps of synaptic inputs impinging onto corticotrophin-releasing hormone-expressing (CRH+) BNST neurons in the dorsolateral BNST and found that the CRH+ neurons receive predominant local inhibitory synaptic connections with very weak excitatory connections. Through cell-type-specific optogenetic stimulation mapping, we generated maps of somatostatin-expressing neuron-specific inhibitory inputs to BNST neurons. Taken together, the photostimulation-based techniques offer us powerful tools for determining the functional organization of local circuits of specific BNST neuron types.
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- Xiangmin Xu
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, California; Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Irvine, California;
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; and
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- Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California
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Barger Z, Easton CR, Neuzil KE, Moody WJ. Early network activity propagates bidirectionally between hippocampus and cortex. Dev Neurobiol 2015; 76:661-72. [PMID: 26385616 DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2015] [Revised: 08/31/2015] [Accepted: 09/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Spontaneous activity in the developing brain helps refine neuronal connections before the arrival of sensory-driven neuronal activity. In mouse neocortex during the first postnatal week, waves of spontaneous activity originating from pacemaker regions in the septal nucleus and piriform cortex propagate through the neocortex. Using high-speed Ca(2+) imaging to resolve the spatiotemporal dynamics of wave propagation in parasagittal mouse brain slices, we show that the hippocampus can act as an additional source of neocortical waves. Some waves that originate in the hippocampus remain restricted to that structure, while others pause at the hippocampus-neocortex boundary and then propagate into the neocortex. Blocking GABAergic neurotransmission decreases the likelihood of wave propagation into neocortex, whereas blocking glutamatergic neurotransmission eliminates spontaneous and evoked hippocampal waves. A subset of hippocampal and cortical waves trigger Ca(2+) waves in astrocytic networks after a brief delay. Hippocampal waves accompanied by Ca(2+) elevation in astrocytes are more likely to propagate into the neocortex. Finally, we show that two structures in our preparation that initiate waves-the hippocampus and the piriform cortex-can be electrically stimulated to initiate propagating waves at lower thresholds than the neocortex, indicating that the intrinsic circuit properties of those regions are responsible for their pacemaker function.
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- Zeke Barger
- Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195
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- Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195
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- Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195
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- Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195
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Pál I, Kardos J, Dobolyi Á, Héja L. Appearance of fast astrocytic component in voltage-sensitive dye imaging of neural activity. Mol Brain 2015; 8:35. [PMID: 26043770 PMCID: PMC4455916 DOI: 10.1186/s13041-015-0127-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2014] [Accepted: 05/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background Voltage-sensitive dye (VSD) imaging and intrinsic optical signals (IOS) are widely used methods for monitoring spatiotemporal neural activity in extensive networks. In spite of that, identification of their major cellular and molecular components has not been concluded so far. Results We addressed these issues by imaging spatiotemporal spreading of IOS and VSD transients initiated by Schaffer collateral stimulation in rat hippocampal slices with temporal resolution comparable to standard field potential recordings using a 464-element photodiode array. By exploring the potential neuronal and astroglial molecular players in VSD and IOS generation, we identified multiple astrocytic mechanisms that significantly contribute to the VSD signal, in addition to the expected neuronal targets. Glutamate clearance through the astroglial glutamate transporter EAAT2 has been shown to be a significant player in VSD generation within a very short (<5 ms) time-scale, indicating that astrocytes do contribute to the development of spatiotemporal VSD transients previously thought to be essentially neuronal. In addition, non-specific anion channels, astroglial K+ clearance through Kir4.1 channel and astroglial Na+/K+ ATPase also contribute to IOS and VSD transients. Conclusion VSD imaging cannot be considered as a spatially extended field potential measurement with predominantly neuronal origin, instead it also reflects a fast communication between neurons and astrocytes.
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- Ildikó Pál
- Group of Functional Pharmacology, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary.
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- Group of Functional Pharmacology, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary.
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- MTA-ELTE-NAP B Laboratory of Molecular and Systems Neurobiology, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary. .,Department of Anatomy, Human Brain Tissue Bank, Semmelweis University, H-1450, Budapest, Hungary.
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- Group of Functional Pharmacology, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary.
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Shi Y, Veidenbaum AV, Nicolau A, Xu X. Large-scale neural circuit mapping data analysis accelerated with the graphical processing unit (GPU). J Neurosci Methods 2014; 239:1-10. [PMID: 25277633 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2014.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2014] [Revised: 09/19/2014] [Accepted: 09/22/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Modern neuroscience research demands computing power. Neural circuit mapping studies such as those using laser scanning photostimulation (LSPS) produce large amounts of data and require intensive computation for post hoc processing and analysis. NEW METHOD Here we report on the design and implementation of a cost-effective desktop computer system for accelerated experimental data processing with recent GPU computing technology. A new version of Matlab software with GPU enabled functions is used to develop programs that run on Nvidia GPUs to harness their parallel computing power. RESULTS We evaluated both the central processing unit (CPU) and GPU-enabled computational performance of our system in benchmark testing and practical applications. The experimental results show that the GPU-CPU co-processing of simulated data and actual LSPS experimental data clearly outperformed the multi-core CPU with up to a 22× speedup, depending on computational tasks. Further, we present a comparison of numerical accuracy between GPU and CPU computation to verify the precision of GPU computation. In addition, we show how GPUs can be effectively adapted to improve the performance of commercial image processing software such as Adobe Photoshop. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHOD(S) To our best knowledge, this is the first demonstration of GPU application in neural circuit mapping and electrophysiology-based data processing. CONCLUSIONS Together, GPU enabled computation enhances our ability to process large-scale data sets derived from neural circuit mapping studies, allowing for increased processing speeds while retaining data precision.
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- Yulin Shi
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-1275, United States
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- Department of Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-3435, United States
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- Department of Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-3435, United States
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-1275, United States; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-2715, United States; Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-2625, United States.
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