期刊
JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-PARIS
卷 102, 期 4-6, 页码 195-208出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2008.10.019
关键词
Information theory; Weakly electric fish; Calcium dynamics; Neuromodulation; Acetylcholine; Bursting
资金
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research [82838-1, 83338-1, 83338-2] Funding Source: Medline
Sensory neurons encode natural stimuli by changes in firing rate or by generating specific firing patterns, Such as bursts. Many neural computations rely on the fact that neurons call be tuned to specific stimulus frequencies. It is thus important to understand the mechanisms underlying frequency tuning. In the electrosensory system of the weakly electric fish, Apteronotus leptorhynchus, the primary processing of behaviourally relevant sensory signals Occurs in pyramidal neurons of the electrosensory lateral line lobe (ELL). These cells encode low frequency prey stimuli with bursts of spikes and high frequency communication signals with single spikes. We describe here flow bursting in pyramidal neurons call be regulated by intrinsic conductances in a cell Subtype specific fashion across the sensory Maps found within the ELL, thereby regulating their frequency tuning. Further, the neuromodulatory regulation of such conductances within individual cells and the consequences to frequency tuning are highlighted. Such alterations in the tuning of the pyramidal neurons may allow weakly electric fish to preferentially select for certain stimuli under various behaviourally relevant circumstances. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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