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Spontaneous activity in whisker-innervating region of neonatal mouse trigeminal ganglion

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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
卷 12, 期 1, 页码 -

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NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-20068-z

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  1. Monbukagakusho (MEXT) scholarship
  2. JSPS KAKENHI [JP20H03346, JP21K18245, JP16H06459]

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It has been found that neurons in the whisker-innervating region of the trigeminal ganglion (TG) in neonatal mice generate spontaneous activity. Some neurons showed correlated activity, which mostly occurred between neurons in close proximity. This spontaneous activity was primarily observed in medium-to-large diameter neurons, characteristic of mechanosensory neurons, and could be blocked by chelation of extracellular calcium. Furthermore, this activity diminished in the adult stage.
Spontaneous activity during the early postnatal period is thought to be crucial for the establishment of mature neural circuits. It remains unclear if the peripheral structure of the developing somatosensory system exhibits spontaneous activity, similar to that observed in the retina and cochlea of developing mammals. By establishing an ex vivo calcium imaging system, here we found that neurons in the whisker-innervating region of the trigeminal ganglion (TG) of neonatal mice generate spontaneous activity. A small percentage of neurons showed some obvious correlated activity, and these neurons were mostly located close to one another. TG spontaneous activity was majorly exhibited by medium-to-large diameter neurons, a characteristic of mechanosensory neurons, and was blocked by chelation of extracellular calcium. Moreover, this activity was diminished by the adult stage. Spontaneous activity in the TG during the first postnatal week could be a source of spontaneous activity observed in the neonatal mouse barrel cortex.

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