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Distinct neuron phenotypes may serve object feature sensing in the electrosensory lobe of Gymnotus omarorum

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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY
卷 224, 期 9, 页码 -

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COMPANY BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.242242

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Electric fish; ON neurons; OFF neurons; Intrinsic properties; Electric image; Early sensory processing

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  1. Fogarty grant [1R03TW05680-01]
  2. Agencia Nacional de Investigacion e Innovacion, Uruguay [FCE_1_2019_1_155541, FCE003, 9036]
  3. Programa de Desarrollo de las Ciencias Basicas (PEDEClBA) (Uruguay)

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Early sensory relay circuits in the vertebrate medulla have a cerebellum-like organization specialized for comparing primary afferent inputs with central expectations, often with a dual output carried by center ON and center OFF neurons. In the electrosensory lateral line lobe of Gymnotiform weakly electric fish, basilar pyramidal neurons (representing 'ON' cells) and non-basilar pyramidal neurons (representing 'OFF' cells) exhibit distinct intrinsic electrophysiological properties.
Early sensory relay circuits in the vertebrate medulla often adopt a cerebellum-like organization specialized for comparing primary afferent inputs with central expectations. These circuits usually have a dual output, carried by center ON and center OFF neurons responding in opposite ways to the same stimulus at the center of their receptive fields. Here, we show in the electrosensory lateral line lobe of Gymnotiform weakly electric fish that basilar pyramidal neurons, representing 'ON' cells, and non-basilar pyramidal neurons, representing 'OFF' cells, have different intrinsic electrophysiological properties. We used classical anatomical techniques and electrophysiological in vitro recordings to compare these neurons. Basilar neurons are silent at rest, have a high threshold to intracellular stimulation, delayed responses to steady-state depolarization and low pass responsiveness to membrane voltage variations. They respond to low-intensity depolarizing stimuli with large, isolated spikes. As stimulus intensity increases, the spikes are followed by a depolarizing after-potential from which phase-locked spikes often arise. Non-basilar neurons show a pacemaker-like spiking activity, smoothly modulated in frequency by slow variations of stimulus intensity. Spike-frequency adaptation provides a memory of their recent firing, facilitating non-basilar response to stimulus transients. Considering anatomical and functional dimensions, we conclude that basilar and non-basilar pyramidal neurons are clear-cut, different anatomo-functional phenotypes. We propose that, in addition to their role in contrast processing, basdar pyramidal neurons encode sustained global stimuli such as those elicited by large or distant objects while nonbasilar pyramidal neurons respond to transient stimuli due to movement of objects with a textured surface.

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