Journal
CEREBRAL CORTEX
Volume 28, Issue 8, Pages 2817-2833Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhx161
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auditory cortex; drivers and modulators; hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated cation h-current (I-h); layer 5 and layer 6; superior colliculus
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- National Institute of General Medical Sciences [1SC1GM122645]
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In the auditory cortex (AC), corticofugal projections arise from each level of the auditory system and are considered to provide feedback loops important to modulate the flow of ascending information. It is well established that the cortex can influence the response of neurons in the superior colliculus (SC) via descending corticofugal projections. However, little is known about the relative contribution of different pyramidal neurons to these projections in the SC. We addressed this question by taking advantage of anterograde and retrograde neuronal tracing to directly examine the laminar distribution, long-range projections, and electrophysiological properties of pyramidal neurons projecting from the AC to the SC of the mouse brain. Here we show that layer 5 cortico-superior-collicular pyramidal neurons act as bandpass filters, resonating with a broad peak at similar to 3 Hz, whereas layer 6 neurons act as low-pass filters. The dissimilar subthreshold properties of layer 5 and layer 6 cortico-superior-collicular pyramidal neurons can be described by differences in the hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated cation h-current (I-h). I-h also reduced the summation of short trains of artificial excitatory postsynaptic potentials injected at the soma of layer 5, but not layer 6, cortico-superior-collicular pyramidal neurons, indicating a differential dampening effect of I-h on these neurons.
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