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PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
卷 372, 期 1715, 页码 -出版社
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0159
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visual cortex; ocular dominance; mouse; plasticity; imaging; parvalbumin
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- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/J002089/1, BB/M021408/1]
- European Commission (Seventh Framework Programme) [223326]
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/M021408/1, BB/J002089/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- BBSRC [BB/J002089/1, BB/M021408/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Dark rearing is known to delay the time course of the critical period for ocular dominance plasticity in the visual cortex. Recent evidence suggests that a period of dark exposure (DE) may enhance or reinstate plasticity even after closure of the critical period, mediated through modification of the excitatory-inhibitory balance and/or removal of structural brakes on plasticity. Here, we investigated the effects of a week of DE on the recovery from a month of monocular deprivation (MD) in the primary visual cortex (V1) of juvenile mice. Optical imaging of intrinsic signals revealed that ocular dominance in V1 of mice that had received DE recovered slightly more quickly than of mice that had not, but the level of recovery after three weeks was similar in both groups. Two-photon calcium imaging showed no significant difference in the recovery of orientation selectivity of excitatory neurons between the two groups. Parvalbumin-positive (PV+) interneurons exhibited a smaller ocular dominance shift during MD but again no differences in subsequent recovery. The percentage of PV+ cells surrounded by perineuronal nets, a structural brake on plasticity, was lower in mice with than those without DE. Overall, DE causes a modest enhancement of mouse visual cortex plasticity. This article is part of the themed issue 'Integrating Hebbian and homeostatic plasticity'.
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