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FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 15, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2021.614947
Keywords
M-current; dorsal raphe (DR); median raphe (MR); serotonergic neuron; firing pattern; spike frequency adaptation
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- Thematic Excellence Programme of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology in Hungary (Space Sciences thematical program of the University of Debrecen) [ED_18-1-2019-0028]
- Stipendium Hungaricum Ph.D. program
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The study investigated the proportion and topographical organization of serotonergic neurons possessing M-current in DR and MR, as well as the electrophysiological parameters of neurons influenced by this current. Findings suggest that M-current strongly impacts firing properties of certain serotonergic neuronal subpopulations.
Dorsal and median raphe nuclei (DR and MR, respectively) are members of the reticular activating system and play important role in the regulation of the sleep-wakefulness cycle, movement, and affective states. M-current is a voltage-gated potassium current under the control of neuromodulatory mechanisms setting neuronal excitability. Our goal was to determine the proportion of DR and MR serotonergic neurons possessing M-current and whether they are organized topographically. Electrophysiological parameters of raphe serotonergic neurons influenced by this current were also investigated. We performed slice electrophysiology on genetically identified serotonergic neurons. Neurons with M-current are located rostrally in the DR and dorsally in the MR. M-current determines firing rate, afterhyperpolarization amplitude, and adaptation index (AI) of these neurons, but does not affect input resistance, action potential width, and high threshold oscillations.These findings indicate that M-current has a strong impact on firing properties of certain serotonergic neuronal subpopulations and it might serve as an effective contributor to cholinergic and local serotonergic neuromodulatory actions.
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