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Soetedjo R, Horwitz GD. Closed-Loop Optogenetic Perturbation of Macaque Oculomotor Cerebellum: Evidence for an Internal Saccade Model. J Neurosci 2024; 44:e1317232023. [PMID: 38182420 PMCID: PMC10860481 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1317-23.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Revised: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/07/2024] Open
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Internal models are essential for the production of accurate movements. The accuracy of saccadic eye movements is thought to be mediated by an internal model of oculomotor mechanics encoded in the cerebellum. The cerebellum may also be part of a feedback loop that predicts the displacement of the eyes and compares it to the desired displacement in real time to ensure that saccades land on target. To investigate the role of the cerebellum in these two aspects of saccade production, we delivered saccade-triggered light pulses to channelrhodopsin-2-expressing Purkinje cells in the oculomotor vermis (OMV) of two male macaque monkeys. Light pulses delivered during the acceleration phase of ipsiversive saccades slowed the deceleration phase. The long latency of these effects and their scaling with light pulse duration are consistent with an integration of neural signals at or downstream of the stimulation site. In contrast, light pulses delivered during contraversive saccades reduced saccade velocity at short latency and were followed by a compensatory reacceleration which caused gaze to land on or near the target. We conclude that the contribution of the OMV to saccade production depends on saccade direction; the ipsilateral OMV is part of a forward model that predicts eye displacement, whereas the contralateral OMV is part of an inverse model that creates the force required to move the eyes with optimal peak velocity for the intended displacement.
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- Robijanto Soetedjo
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
- Washington National Primate Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
- Washington National Primate Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
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Soetedjo R, Horwitz GD. Closed-loop optogenetic perturbation of macaque oculomotor cerebellum: evidence for an internal saccade model. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.06.22.546199. [PMID: 37425739 PMCID: PMC10327152 DOI: 10.1101/2023.06.22.546199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/11/2023]
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Internal models are essential for the production of accurate movements. The accuracy of saccadic eye movements is thought to be mediated by an internal model of oculomotor mechanics encoded in the cerebellum. The cerebellum may also be part of a feedback loop that predicts the displacement of the eyes and compares it to the desired displacement in real time to ensure that saccades land on target. To investigate the role of the cerebellum in these two aspects of saccade production, we delivered saccade-triggered light pulses to channelrhodopsin-2-expressing Purkinje cells in the oculomotor vermis (OMV) of two macaque monkeys. Light pulses delivered during the acceleration phase of ipsiversive saccades slowed the deceleration phase. The long latency of these effects and their scaling with light pulse duration are consistent with an integration of neural signals at or downstream of the stimulation site. In contrast, light pulses delivered during contraversive saccades reduced saccade velocity at short latency and were followed by a compensatory reacceleration which caused gaze to land near or on the target. We conclude that the contribution of the OMV to saccade production depends on saccade direction; the ipsilateral OMV is part of a forward model that predicts eye displacement, whereas the contralateral OMV is part of an inverse model that creates the force required to move the eyes with optimal peak velocity for the intended displacement.
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- Robijanto Soetedjo
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
- Washington National Primate Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
- Washington National Primate Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Autoantibodies targeting proteins at the neuromuscular junction are known to cause several distinct myasthenic syndromes. Recently, autoantibodies targeting neurotransmitter receptors and associated proteins have also emerged as a cause of severe, but potentially treatable, diseases of the CNS. Here, we review the clinical evidence as well as in vitro and in vivo experimental evidence that autoantibodies account for myasthenic syndromes and autoimmune disorders of the CNS by disrupting the functional or structural integrity of synapses. Studying neurological and psychiatric diseases of autoimmune origin may provide new insights into the cellular and circuit mechanisms underlying a broad range of CNS disorders.
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- Sarah J Crisp
- UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London, Queen Square House, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK
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- UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London, Queen Square House, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Level 6, West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
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Quinet J, Goffart L. Cerebellar control of saccade dynamics: contribution of the fastigial oculomotor region. J Neurophysiol 2015; 113:3323-36. [PMID: 25744890 DOI: 10.1152/jn.01021.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2014] [Accepted: 02/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The fastigial oculomotor region is the output by which the medioposterior cerebellum influences the generation of saccades. Recent inactivation studies reported observations suggesting an involvement in their dynamics (velocity and duration). In this work, we tested this hypothesis in the head-restrained monkey with the electrical microstimulation technique. More specifically, we studied the influence of duration, frequency, and current on the saccades elicited by fastigial stimulation and starting from a central (straight ahead) position. The results show ipsilateral or contralateral saccades whose amplitude and dynamics depend on the stimulation parameters. The duration and amplitude of their horizontal component increase with the duration of stimulation up to a maximum amplitude. Varying the stimulation frequency mostly changes their latency and the peak velocity (for contralateral saccades). Current also influences the metrics and dynamics of saccades: the horizontal amplitude and peak velocity increase with the intensity, whereas the latency decreases. The changes in peak velocity and in latency observed in contralateral saccades are not correlated. Finally, we discovered that contralateral saccades can be evoked at sites eliciting ipsilateral saccades when the stimulation frequency is reduced. However, their onset is timed not with the onset but with the offset of stimulation. These results corroborate the hypothesis that the fastigial projections toward the pontomedullary reticular formation (PMRF) participate in steering the saccade, whereas the fastigiocollicular projections contribute to the bilateral control of visual fixation. We propose that the cerebellar influence on saccade generation involves recruiting neurons and controlling the size of the active population in the PMRF.
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- Julie Quinet
- Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, UMR 7289, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone, UMR 7289, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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Sánchez-López Á, Escudero M. An accurate and portable eye movement detector for studying sleep in small animals. J Sleep Res 2015; 24:466-73. [DOI: 10.1111/jsr.12276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2014] [Accepted: 12/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Álvaro Sánchez-López
- Neurociencia y Comportamiento; Departamento de Fisiología; Facultad de Biología; Universidad de Sevilla; Seville Spain
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- Neurociencia y Comportamiento; Departamento de Fisiología; Facultad de Biología; Universidad de Sevilla; Seville Spain
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Knight TA. Contribution of the frontal eye field to gaze shifts in the head-unrestrained rhesus monkey: neuronal activity. Neuroscience 2012; 225:213-36. [PMID: 22944386 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.08.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2012] [Revised: 08/02/2012] [Accepted: 08/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The frontal eye field (FEF) has a strong influence on saccadic eye movements with the head restrained. With the head unrestrained, eye saccades combine with head movements to produce large gaze shifts, and microstimulation of the FEF evokes both eye and head movements. To test whether the dorsomedial FEF provides commands for the entire gaze shift or its separate eye and head components, we recorded extracellular single-unit activity in monkeys trained to make large head-unrestrained gaze shifts. We recorded 80 units active during gaze shifts, and closely examined 26 of these that discharged a burst of action potentials that preceded horizontal gaze movements. These units were movement or visuomovement related and most exhibited open movement fields with respect to amplitude. To reveal the relations of burst parameters to gaze, eye, and/or head movement metrics, we used behavioral dissociations of gaze, eye, and head movements and linear regression analyses. The burst number of spikes (NOS) was strongly correlated with movement amplitude and burst temporal parameters were strongly correlated with movement temporal metrics for eight gaze-related burst neurons and five saccade-related burst neurons. For the remaining 13 neurons, the NOS was strongly correlated with the head movement amplitude, but burst temporal parameters were most strongly correlated with eye movement temporal metrics (head-eye-related burst neurons, HEBNs). These results suggest that FEF units do not encode a command for the unified gaze shift only; instead, different units may carry signals related to the overall gaze shift or its eye and/or head components. Moreover, the HEBNs exhibit bursts whose magnitude and timing may encode a head displacement signal and a signal that influences the timing of the eye saccade, thereby serving as a mechanism for coordinating the eye and head movements of a gaze shift.
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- T A Knight
- Graduate Program in Neurobiology and Behavior, Washington National Primate Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7330, United States.
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Holtzman T, Sivam V, Zhao T, Frey O, van der Wal PD, de Rooij NF, Dalley JW, Edgley SA. Multiple extra-synaptic spillover mechanisms regulate prolonged activity in cerebellar Golgi cell-granule cell loops. J Physiol 2011; 589:3837-54. [PMID: 21669981 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.207167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Despite a wealth of in vitro and modelling studies it remains unclear how neuronal populations in the cerebellum interact in vivo. We address the issue of how the cerebellar input layer processes sensory information, with particular focus on the granule cells (input relays) and their counterpart inhibitory interneurones, Golgi cells. Based on the textbook view, granule cells excite Golgi cells via glutamate forming a negative feedback loop. However, Golgi cells express inhibitory mGluR2 receptors suggesting an inhibitory role for glutamate. We set out to test this glutamatergic paradox in Golgi cells. Here we show that granule cells and Golgi cells interact through extra-synaptic signalling mechanisms during sensory information processing, as well as synaptic mechanisms. We demonstrate that such interactions depend on granule cell-derived glutamate acting via inhibitory mGluR2 receptors leading causally to the suppression of Golgi cell activity for several hundreds of milliseconds. We further show that granule cell-derived inhibition of Golgi cell activity is regulated by GABA-dependent extra-synaptic Golgi cell inhibition of granule cells, identifying a regulatory loop in which glutamate and GABA may be critical regulators of Golgi cell–granule cell functional activity. Thus, granule cells may promote their own prolonged activity via paradoxical feed-forward inhibition of Golgi cells, thereby enabling information processing over long timescales.
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- Tahl Holtzman
- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Downing Street, University of Cambridge CB2 3DY,
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Al-Owain M, Colak D, Al-Bakheet A, Al-Hashmi N, Shuaib T, Al-Hemidan A, Aldhalaan H, Rahbeeni Z, Al-Sayed M, Al-Younes B, Ozand PT, Kaya N. Novel mutation in GLRB in a large family with hereditary hyperekplexia. Clin Genet 2011; 81:479-84. [PMID: 21391991 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2011.01661.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hereditary hyperekplexia (HH) is a disorder of the inhibitory glycinergic neurotransmitter system. Mutations in five genes have been reported to cause the disease. However, only single mutation in GLRB, the gene encoding beta-subunit of the glycine receptor, in a singleton patient with HH has been found to date. In this study, 13 patients with HH were identified through neurology and genetic clinics. Formal clinical examinations, linkage analysis, homozygosity mapping, in-mutation screening of GLRB and in silico functional analyses were carried out. A novel mutation in GLRB among nine patients was identified. This c.596 T>G perturbation results in the change of the highly conserved methionine at position 177 to arginine. Besides the classical HH phenotype, seven patients had esotropia and few of them had behavioral problems. This study presents a large family with HH as a result of homozygous mutation in GLRB and expands the clinical spectrum of HH to include eye misalignment disorder. Moreover, the report of these familial cases supports the previous evidence in a single patient of an autosomal recessive inheritance of HH because of defects in GLRB.
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- M Al-Owain
- Department of Medical Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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