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Oscillatory and burst discharge across electrosensory topographic maps.

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:1. Three parallel maps of the distribution of tuberous electroreceptor inputs are found in the medullary electrosensory lateral line lobe (ELL) of weakly electric fish. Pyramidal cells in each map are known to respond differentially to the frequency of amplitude modulations (AMs) of external electric fields in vivo. We used an in vitro ELL slice preparation of Apteronotus leptorhynchus to compare the characteristics of spontaneously active single units across the three tuberous maps. It was our objective to determine whether spontaneous bursting activity of pyramidal cells in each map correlates with the known AM frequency selectivities of pyramidal cells in vivo. 2. Single-unit discharges were recorded from the pyramidal cell layer of the centromedial segment (CMS), centrolateral segment (CLS), and lateral segment (LS) of the ELL. Stochastic analysis of interspike intervals (ISIs) was used to identify bursting and nonbursting unit activity, and to separately analyze intra- and interburst ISIs. Four ISI patterns were identified as 1) bursting, 2) regular spiking, 3) irregular spiking, and 4) highly irregular spiking. This work focuses primarily on the characteristics of bursting units across the ELL segments. 3. Spontaneous bursting discharge was identified in all three maps (68 of 97 units), with several characteristics changing in a gradual manner across the maps. The coefficient of variation (CV) of ISIs and intraburst ISIs decreased significantly from the CMS to the LS, whereas the CV of burst periods increased significantly from the CMS to the LS. Autocorrelations and power spectral density analysis identified units discharging in an oscillatory manner with the following ratio: CMS, 75%; CLS, 4%; LS, 8%. 4. The mean period of spike bursts decreased significantly across the segments (CMS, 2.7 s; CLS, 1.2 s; LS, 1.1 s) primarily because of a shortening of mean burst duration (CMS, 1.0 s; CLS, 0.1 s; LS, 0.05 s). The average number of spikes per burst decreased significantly across the maps (CMS, 61; CLS, 8; LS, 8), whereas the average frequency of spikes per burst increased (CMS, 90 Hz; CLS, 130 Hz; LS, 178 Hz), mainly through an increase in the maximal frequencies attained by units within each map. 5. Bursts in the CMS were unstructured in that the intraburst ISIs were serially independent, whereas for many units in the CLS and especially the LS there were serial dependencies of successive spikes, with alternating short and long ISIs during the burst. 6. These data reveal that the characteristics of bursting unit activity differ between the CMS, CLS, and LS maps in vitro, implying a modulation of the factors underlying burst discharge across multiple sensory maps. Because the pattern of change in burst activity between these maps parallels that of pyramidal cell AM frequency selectivity in vivo, oscillatory and burst discharge may represent the cellular mechanism used to tune these cells to specific frequencies of afferent input during electrolocation and electrocommunication.

journal_name

J Neurophysiol

journal_title

Journal of neurophysiology

authors

Turner RW,Plant JR,Maler L

doi

10.1152/jn.1996.76.4.2364

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Has Abstract

pub_date

1996-10-01 00:00:00

pages

2364-82

issue

eissn

0022-3077

issn

1522-1598

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Oscillatory and burst discharge across electrosensory topographic maps.