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CEREBRAL CORTEX
Volume 20, Issue 2, Pages 456-467Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhp114
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5-HT1A 5-HT2A 5-HT3 5-HT(7)Rs; patch clamp; pyramidal neuron; serotonin; synaptic integration
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Fundamental brain functions depend on a balance between excitation (E) and inhibition (I) that is highly adjusted to a 20-80% set point in layer 5 pyramidal neurons (L5PNs) of rat visual cortex. Dysregulations of both the E-I balance and the serotonergic system in neocortical networks lead to serious neuronal diseases including depression, schizophrenia, and epilepsy. However, no link between the activation of neuronal 5-hydroxytryptamine receptors (5-HTRs) and the cortical E-I balance has yet been reported. Here we used a combination of patch-clamp recordings of composite stimulus-locked responses in L5PN following local electrical stimulations in either layer 2/3 or 6, simultaneous measurement of excitatory and inhibitory conductance dynamics, together with selective pharmacological targeting and single-cell reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. We show that cortical serotonin shifts the E-I balance in favor of more E and we reveal fine and differential modulations of the E-I balance between 5-HTR subtypes, in relation to whether layer 2/3 or 6 was stimulated and in concordance with the specific expression pattern of these subtypes in pyramidal cells and deep interneurons. This first evidence for the functional segregation of 5-HTR subtypes sheds new light on their coherent functioning in polysynaptic sensory circuits.
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