Imaging Reveals Synaptic Targets of a Swim-Terminating Neuron in the Leech CNS

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 36, 2003, Pages 11402-11410

  Taylor, Adam L ^a,b,c   Cottrell, Garrison W ^a   Kleinfeld, David ^b   Kristan Jr , William B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherence; Command neuron; Connectivity; Fluorescence resonance energy transfer; Leech; Swim termination; Swimming; Voltage sensitive dye

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; LEECH; MOTOR CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PATTERN GENERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0346218109     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-36-11402.2003     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Berry MS, Pentreath VW (1976) Criteria for distinguishing between monosynaptic and polysynaptic transmission. Brain Res 105:1-20.
2. Brodfuehrer PD, Burns A (1995) Neuronal factors influencing the decision to swim in the medicinal leech. Neurobiol Learn Mem 63:192-199.
3. Brodfuehrer PD, Friesen WO (1986a) Initiation of swimming activity by trigger neurons in the leech subesophageal ganglion. I. Output connections of Tr1 and Tr2. J Comp Physiol [A] 159:489-502.
4. Brodfuehrer PD, Friesen WO (1986b) Initiation of swimming activity by trigger neurons in the leech subesophageal ganglion. II. Role of segmental swim-initiating interneurons. J Comp Physiol [A] 159:503-510.
5. Byrne JH, Castellucci VF, Kandel ER (1978) Contribution of individual mechanoreceptor sensory neurons to defensive gill-withdrawal reflex in Aplysia. J Neurophysiol 41:418-431.
6. Cacciatore TW, Brodfuehrer PD, González JE, Jiang T, Adams SR, Tsien RY, Kristan Jr WB, Kleinfeld D (1999) Identification of neural circuits by imaging coherent electrical activity with FRET-based dyes. Neuron 23:449-459.
7. Cacciatore TW, Rozenshteyn R, Kristan WB Jr (2000) Kinematics and modeling of leech crawling: evidence for an oscillatory behavior produced by propagating waves of excitation. J Neurosci 20:1643-1655.
8. Cang J, Friesen WO (2000) Sensory modification of leech swimming: rhythmic activity of ventral stretch receptors can change intersegmental phase relationships. J Neurosci 20:7822-7829.
9. Cang J, Yu X, Friesen WO (2001) Sensory modification of leech swimming: interactions between ventral stretch receptors and swim-related neurons. J Comp Physiol [A] 187:569-579.
10. Frost WN, Katz PS (1996) Single neuron control over a complex motor pattern. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 93:422-426.
11. Gold JI, Shadlen MN (2000) Representation of a perceptual decision in developing oculomotor commands. Nature 404:390-394.
12. González JE, Tsien RY (1995) Voltage sensing by fluorescence resonance energy transfer in single cells. Biophys J 69:1272-1280.
13. González JE, Tsien RY (1997) Improved indicators of cell membrane potential that use fluorescence resonance energy transfer. Chem Biol 4:269-277.
14. González JE, Oades K, Leychkis Y, Harootunian A, Negulescu PA (1999) Cell-based assays and instrumentation for screening ion-channel targets. Drug Discov Today 4:431-439.
15. Grillner S, Georgopoulos AP, Jordan LM (1997) Selection and initiation of motor behavior. In: Neurons, networks, and motor behavior (Stein PSG, Grillner S, Selverston AI, Stuart DG, eds), pp 3-19. Cambridge, MA: MIT.
16. Hannan EJ (1970) Multiple time series. New York: Wiley.
17. Jarvis MR, Mitra PP (2001) Sampling properties of the spectrum and coherency of sequences of action potentials. Neural Comput 13:717-749.
18. Kozloski J, Hamzei-Sichani F, Yuste R (2001) Stereotyped position of local synaptic targets in neocortex. Science 293:868-872.
19. Kristan Jr WB, Shaw BK (1997) Population coding and behavioral choice. Curr Opin Neurobiol 7:826-831.
20. Kupfermann I, Weiss KR (1978) The command neuron concept. Behav Brain Sci 1:3-39.
21. Liao X, Walters ET (2002) The use of elevated divalent cation solutions to isolate monosynaptic components of sensorimotor connections in Aplysia. J Neurosci Methods 120:45-54.
22. Muller KJ, Nicholls JG, Stent GS (1981) Neurobiology of the leech. Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
23. Nicholls JG, Purves D (1970) Monosynaptic chemical and electrical connexions between sensory and motor cells in the central nervous system of the leech. J Physiol (Lond) 209:647-667.
24. Nusbaum MP, Kristan Jr WB (1986) Swim initiation in the leech by serotonin-containing interneurones, cells 21 and 61. J Exp Biol 122:277-302.
25. O'Gara BA, Friesen WO (1995) Termination of leech swimming activity by a previously identified swim trigger neuron. J Comp Physiol [A] 177:627-636.
26. Orlovsky GN, Deliagina TG, Grillner S (1999) Neuronal control of locomotion: from mollusc to man. Oxford: Oxford UP.
27. Ort CA, Kristan Jr WB, Stent GS (1974) Neuronal control of swimming in the medicinal leech. II. Identification and connections of motor neurons. J Comp Physiol [A] 94:121-154.
28. Pearson KG (1993) Common principles of motor control invertebrates and invertebrates. Annu Rev Neurosci 16:265-297.
29. Percival DB, Walden AT (1993) Spectral analysis for physical applications. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP.
30. Perrins R, Walford A, Roberts A (2002) Sensory activation and role of inhibitory reticulospinal neurons that stop swimming in hatchling frog tadpoles. J Neurosci 22:4229-4240.
31. Peterlin ZA, Kozloski J, Mao BQ, Tsiola A, Yuste R (2000) Optical probing of neuronal circuits with calcium indicators. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 97:3619-3624.
32. Rink TJ, Montecucco C, Hesketh TR, Tsien RY (1980) Lymphocyte membrane potential assessed with fluorescent probes. Biochim Biophys Acta 595:15-30.
33. Roberts A, Soffe SR, Perrins R (1997) Spinal networks controlling swimming in hatchling Xenopus tadpoles. In: Neurons, networks, and motor behavior (Stein PSG, Grillner S, Selverston AI, Stuart DG, eds), pp 83-90. Cambridge, MA: MIT.
34. Shadlen MN, Newsome WT (1996) Motion perception: seeing and deciding. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 93:628-633.
35. Shadlen MN, Newsome WT (2001) Neural basis of a perceptual decision in the parietal cortex (area LIP) of the rhesus monkey. J Neurophysiol 86:1916-1936.
36. Shadlen MN, Britten KH, Newsome WT, Movshon JA (1996) A computational analysis of the relationship between neuronal and behavioral responses to visual motion. J Neurosci 16:1486-1510.
37. Thomson DJ (1982) Spectral estimation and harmonic analysis. Proc IEEE 70:1055-1096.
38. Thomson DJ, Chave AD (1991) Jackknifed error estimates for spectra, coherences, and transfer functions. In: Advances in spectrum analysis and array processing (Shykin S, ed), pp 58-113. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
39. Tsien RY (1976) The design and use of organic chemical tools in cellular physiology. PhD thesis, University of Cambridge.
40. Viana Di Prisco G, Wallen P, Grillner S (1990) Synaptic effects of intraspinal stretch receptor neurons mediating movement-related feedback during locomotion. Brain Res 530:161-166.
41. Wallen P (1997) Spinal networks and sensory feedback in the control of undulatory swimming in lamprey. In: Neurons, networks, and motor behavior (Stein PSG, Grillner S, Selverston AI, Stuart DG, eds), pp 75-82. Cambridge, MA: MIT.
42. Weeks JC (1981) Neuronal basis of leech swimming: separation of swim initiation, pattern generation, and intersegmental coordination by selective lesions. J Neurophysiol 45:698-723.
43. Weeks JC, Kristan Jr WB (1978) Initiation, maintenance, and modulation of swimming in the medicinal leech by the activity of a single neuron. J Exp Biol 77:71-88.
44. Zochowski M, Wachowiak M, Falk CX, Cohen LB, Lam YW, Antic S, Zecevic D (2000) Imaging membrane potential with voltage-sensitive dyes. Biol Bull 198:1-21. .0