Spectrotemporal sound preferences of neighboring inferior colliculus neurons: implications for local circuitry and processing.

abstract：:"Dye-coupling", whole-mount immunohistochemistry for gap junction channel protein connexin 35 (Cx35), and freeze-fracture replica immunogold labeling (FRIL) reveal an abundance of electrical synapses/gap junctions at glutamatergic mixed synapses in the 14th spinal segment that innervates the adult male gonopodium of W...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Serrano-Velez JL,Rodriguez-Alvarado M,Torres-Vazquez II,Fraser SE,Yasumura T,Vanderpool KG,Rash JE,Rosa-Molinar E

更新日期：2014-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:How complex natural sounds are represented by the main converging center of the auditory midbrain, the central inferior colliculus, is an open question. We applied neural discrimination to determine the variation of detailed encoding of individual vocalizations across the best frequency gradient of the central inferio...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Lyzwa D,Herrmann JM,Wörgötter F

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methods of functional connectivity are applied ubiquitously in studies involving non-invasive whole-brain signals, but may be not optimal for exploring the propagation of the steady-state responses, which are strong oscillatory patterns of neurodynamics evoked by periodic stimulation. In our study, we explore a functi...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Vakorin VA,Ross B,Doesburg SM,Ribary U,McIntosh AR

更新日期：2019-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The most typical and well known inhibitory action in the cortical microcircuit is a strong inhibition on the target neuron by axo-somatic synapses. However, it has become clear that synaptic inhibition in the cortex is much more diverse and complicated. Firstly, at least ten or more inhibitory non-pyramidal cell subty...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Kubota Y,Karube F,Nomura M,Kawaguchi Y

更新日期：2016-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence suggests that parallel synapses from the same axonal branch onto the same dendritic branch have almost identical strength. It has been proposed that this alignment is only possible through learning rules that integrate activity over long time spans. However, learning mechanisms such as spike-timing-dep...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Hartmann C,Miner DC,Triesch J

更新日期：2016-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The parahippocampal areas including the subiculum, pre- and parasubiculum, and notably the entorhinal cortex (EC) are intimately involved in the generation of limbic seizures in temporal lobe epilepsy. We investigated changes in the expression of 10 major GABAA receptor subunit mRNAs in subfields of the ventral hippoc...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Drexel M,Kirchmair E,Sperk G

更新日期：2013-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The trace amines (TAs), tryptamine, tyramine, and β-phenylethylamine, are synthesized from precursor amino acids via aromatic-L-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC). We explored their role in the neuromodulation of neonatal rat spinal cord motor circuits. We first showed that the spinal cord contains the substrates for TA ...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Gozal EA,O'Neill BE,Sawchuk MA,Zhu H,Halder M,Chou CC,Hochman S

更新日期：2014-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2018.00028.]. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Wen TC,Lall S,Pagnotta C,Markward J,Gupta D,Ratnadurai-Giridharan S,Bucci J,Greenwald L,Klugman M,Hill NJ,Carmel JB

更新日期：2018-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies using primary neuronal cultures have revealed important roles of the microRNA pathway in the regulation of neuronal development and morphology. For example, miR-134 is involved in dendritogenesis and spine development in hippocampal neurons by regulating local mRNA translation in dendrites. The in vivo ...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Christensen M,Larsen LA,Kauppinen S,Schratt G

更新日期：2010-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-photon imaging has become a useful tool for optical monitoring of neural circuits, but it requires high laser power and serial scanning of each pixel in a sample. This results in slow imaging rates, limiting the measurements of fast signals such as neuronal activity. To improve the speed and signal-to-noise ratio ...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Watson BO,Nikolenko V,Yuste R

更新日期：2009-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, by using a combination of two viral vectors, we developed a technique for pathway-selective and reversible synaptic transmission blockade, and successfully induced a behavioral deficit of dexterous hand movements in macaque monkeys by affecting a population of spinal interneurons. To explore the capacity of ...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Sooksawate T,Isa K,Matsui R,Kato S,Kinoshita M,Kobayashi K,Watanabe D,Kobayashi K,Isa T

更新日期：2013-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Complex spatial representations in the hippocampal formation and related cortical areas require input from the head direction system. However, a recurrent finding is that behavior apparently supported by these spatial representations does not appear to require input from generative head direction regions, i.e., latera...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Dillingham CM,Vann SD

更新日期：2019-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In drug users, drug-related cues alone can induce dopamine release in the dorsal striatum. Instructive cues activate inputs to the striatum from both dopaminergic and cholinergic neurons, which are thought to work together to support motor learning and motivated behaviors. Imbalances in these neuromodulatory influence...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Crittenden JR,Lacey CJ,Lee T,Bowden HA,Graybiel AM

更新日期：2014-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple components of "γ-oscillations" between 30-170 Hz in the CA1 region of the hippocampus have been described, based on their coherence with oscillations in other brain regions and on their cross-frequency coupling with local θ-oscillations. However, it remains unclear whether the different sub-bands are generate...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Balakrishnan S,Pearce RA

更新日期：2015-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, we provide a brief overview over the current knowledge about the role of dopamine transmission in the prefrontal cortex during learning and memory. We discuss work in humans, monkeys, rats, and birds in order to provide a basis for comparison across species that might help identify crucial features and...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Puig MV,Rose J,Schmidt R,Freund N

更新日期：2014-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The characterization of the subthreshold, ongoing activity in cortical neurons has been the focus of numerous studies. This activity, described as spontaneous slow waves in membrane potential, has been observed in a span of species in diverse cortical and subcortical areas. We here characterized membrane potential flu...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Yaron-Jakoubovitch A,Koch C,Segev I,Yarom Y

更新日期：2013-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The central vocal pathway of the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, is a powerful vertebrate model to understand mechanisms underlying central pattern generation. However, fast and efficient methods of introducing exogenous genes into the neurons of adult X. laevis are currently not available. Here, we systematicall...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Yamaguchi A,Woller DJ,Rodrigues P

更新日期：2018-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of sensory neuroscience is to understand how the brain creates its myriad of representations of the world, and uses these representations to produce perception and behavior. Circuits of neurons in spatially segregated regions of brain tissue have distinct functional specializations, and these regions are conn...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Zavitz E,Price NSC

更新日期：2019-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotonin (5-HT) selectively excites subpopulations of pyramidal neurons in the neocortex via activation of 5-HT2A (2A) receptors coupled to Gq subtype G-protein alpha subunits. Gq-mediated excitatory responses have been attributed primarily to suppression of potassium conductances, including those mediated by KV7 pot...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Stephens EK,Baker AL,Gulledge AT

更新日期：2018-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Every higher-order association cortex receives a variety of synaptic signals from different regions of the brain. How these cortical networks are capable of differentially responding to these various extrinsic synaptic inputs remains unclear. To address this issue, we studied how the basolateral amygdala (BLA) and the...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Luna VM,Morozov A

更新日期：2012-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In the mammalian central nervous system, most sensory information passes through primary sensory thalamic nuclei, however the consequence of this remains unclear. Various propositions exist, likening the thalamus to a gate, or a high pass filter. Here, using a simple leaky integrate and fire model based on physiologic...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Connelly WM,Laing M,Errington AC,Crunelli V

更新日期：2016-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Spike-timing dependent plasticity (STDP) is a biologically constrained unsupervised form of learning that potentiates or depresses synaptic connections based on the precise timing of pre-synaptic and post-synaptic firings. The effects of on-going STDP on the topology of evolving model neural networks were assessed in ...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Stone DB,Tesche CD

更新日期：2013-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The perirhinal (PER) and entorhinal cortex (EC) receive input from the agranular insular cortex (AiP) and the subcortical lateral amygdala (LA) and the main output area is the hippocampus. Information transfer through the PER/EC network however, is not always guaranteed. It is hypothesized that this network actively r...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Willems JG,Wadman WJ,Cappaert NL

更新日期：2016-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a public health problem worldwide. There is increasing interest in using non-invasive therapies such as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to treat MDD. However, the changes induced by rTMS on neural circuits remain poorly characterized. The present study a...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Pathak Y,Salami O,Baillet S,Li Z,Butson CR

更新日期：2016-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We have carried out a Gal4 enhancer trap screen in zebrafish, and have generated 184 stable transgenic lines with interesting expression patterns throughout the nervous system. Of these, three display clear expression in the tectum, each with a distinguishable and stereotyped distribution of Gal4 expressing cells. Det...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Scott EK,Baier H

更新日期：2009-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The human cerebral cortex is highly convoluted as convex gyri and concave sulci. In the past decades, extensive studies have consistently revealed substantial differences between gyri and sulci in terms of genetics, anatomy, morphology, axonal fiber connections, and function. Although interesting findings have been re...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Yang S,Zhao Z,Cui H,Zhang T,Zhao L,He Z,Liu H,Guo L,Liu T,Becker B,Kendrick KM,Jiang X

更新日期：2019-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Caspase-3 is a cysteine protease that is most commonly associated with cell death. Recent studies have shown additional roles in mediating cell differentiation, cell proliferation and development of cell morphology. We investigated the role of caspase-3 in the development of chick auditory brainstem nuclei during embr...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Rotschafer SE,Allen-Sharpley MR,Cramer KS

更新日期：2016-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The olfactory system has a unique capacity for recovery from peripheral damage. After injury to the olfactory epithelium (OE), olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) regenerate and re-converge on target glomeruli of the olfactory bulb (OB). Thus far, this process has been described anatomically for only a few defined popula...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Cheung MC,Jang W,Schwob JE,Wachowiak M

更新日期：2014-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Short-term synaptic plasticity (STP) sets the sensitivity of a synapse to incoming activity and determines the temporal patterns that it best transmits. In "driver" thalamocortical (TC) synaptic populations, STP is dominated by depression during stimulation from rest. However, during ongoing stimulation, lemniscal TC ...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Ferrati G,Martini FJ,Maravall M

更新日期：2016-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Defensive behavioral responses are essential for survival in threating situations. The superior colliculus (SC) has been implicated in the generation of defensive behaviors elicited by visual, tactile and auditory stimuli. Furthermore, substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr) neurons are known to exert a modulatory effe...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Almada RC,Genewsky AJ,Heinz DE,Kaplick PM,Coimbra NC,Wotjak CT

更新日期：2018-05-07 00:00:00