Estimating conductances of dual-recorded neurons within a network of coupled cells

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 240, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 501-510

  Fortier, Pierre A ^a   Bagna, Maimouna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrical synapse; Electrotonic coupling; Gap junction; Input resistance; Junctional conductance; Neural network

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; GAP JUNCTION; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

ANIMALS; GAP JUNCTIONS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33748073786     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.10.009     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Alonso J.M. Neural connections and receptive field properties in the primary visual cortex. Neuroscientist 8 (2002) 443-456
2. Amitai Y., Gibson J.R., Beierlein M., Patrick S.L., Ho A.M., Connors B.W., and Golomb D. The spatial dimensions of electrically coupled networks of interneurons in the neocortex. J. Neurosci. 22 (2002) 4142-4152
3. Bahrey H.L., and Moody W.J. Voltage-gated currents, dye and electrical coupling in the embryonic mouse neocortex. Cereb. Cortex 13 (2003) 239-251
4. Bennett M.V. Physiology of electrotonic junctions. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 137 (1966) 509-539
5. Bennett M.V. Electrical transmission: a functional analysis and comparison to chemical transmission. In: Brookhart J.M., and Mountcastle V.B. (Eds). Handbook of Physiology, Section 1. The Nervous System, Part I (1977), American Physiological Society, Bethesda, Maryland 357-416
6. Bennett M.V. Gap junctions as electrical synapses. J. Neurocytol. 26 (1997) 349-366
7. Clapham D.E., Shrier A., and DeHaan R.L. Junctional resistance and action potential delay between embryonic heart cell aggregates. J. Gen. Physiol. 75 (1980) 633-654
8. Curtis, E.B., Morrow, J.A., 2000. Inverse Problems for Electrical Networks. Applied Mathematics. World Scientific, London, vol. 13, pp. 1-180.
9. Deans M.R., Gibson J.R., Sellitto C., Connors B.W., and Paul D.L. Synchronous activity of inhibitory networks in neocortex requires electrical synapses containing connexin36. Neuron 31 (2001) 477-485
10. Elenes S., Martinez A.D., Delmar M., Beyer E.C., and Moreno A.P. Heterotypic docking of Cx43 and Cx45 connexons blocks fast voltage gating of Cx43. Biophys. J. 81 (2001) 1406-1418
11. Galarreta M., and Hestrin S. A network of fast-spiking cells in the neocortex connected by electrical synapses. Nature 402 (1999) 72-75
12. Galarreta M., and Hestrin S. Electrical synapses between GABA-releasing interneurons. Nat. Rev. Neurosci. 2 (2001) 425-433
13. Galarreta M., and Hestrin S. Electrical and chemical synapses among parvalbumin fast-spiking GABAergic interneurons in adult mouse neocortex. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. 99 (2002) 12438-12443
14. Gibson J.R., Beierlein M., and Connors B.W. Two networks of electrically coupled inhibitory neurons in neocortex. Nature 402 (1999) 75-79
15. Grinvald A., and Hildesheim R. VSDI: a new era in functional imaging of cortical dynamics. Nat. Rev. Neurosci. 5 (2004) 874-885
16. Jahromi S.S., Wentlandt K., Piran S., and Carlen P.L. Anticonvulsant actions of gap junctional blockers in an in vitro seizure model. J. Neurophysiol. 88 (2002) 1893-1902
17. Marder E. Electrical synapses: beyond speed and synchrony to computation. Curr. Biol. 8 (1998) R795-R797
18. Miller K.D. Understanding layer 4 of the cortical circuit: a model based on cat V1. Cereb. Cortex 13 (2003) 73-82
19. Mochida H., Sato K., Sasaki S., Yazawa I., Kamino K., and Momose-Sato Y. Effects of anisomycin on LTP in the hippocampal CA1: long-term analysis using optical recording. Neuroreport 12 (2001) 987-991
20. Neyton J., and Trautmann A. Single-channel currents of an intercellular junction. Nature 317 (1985) 331-335
21. Pare D., Shink E., Gaudreau H., Destexhe A., and Lang E.J. Impact of spontaneous synaptic activity on the resting properties of cat neocortical pyramidal neurons in vivo. J. Neurophysiol. 79 (1998) 1450-1460
22. Press, W.H., Flannery, B.P., Teukolsky S.A., Vetterling W.T., 1988. Numerical Recipes in C. Cambridge University Press, New York, pp. 204-241.
23. Rela L., and Szczupak L. Coactivation of motoneurons regulated by a network combining electrical and chemical synapses. J. Neurosci. 23 (2003) 682-692
24. Robbins, A.H., Miller, W., 2000. Circuit Analysis: Theory and Practice, second ed., Thomson Learning, Florence, Kentucky, pp. 296-299.
25. Rouach N., Avignone E., Meme W., Koulakoff A., Venance L., Blomstrand F., and Giaume C. Gap junctions and connexin expression in the normal and pathological central nervous system. Biol. Cell. 94 (2002) 457-475
26. Rozental R., Giaume C., and Spray D.C. Gap junctions in the nervous system. Brain. Res. Brain. Res. Rev. 32 (2000) 11-15
27. Schemann M., Michel K., Peters S., Bischoff S.C., and Neunlist M. Cutting-edge technology. III. Imaging and the gastrointestinal tract: mapping the human enteric nervous system. Am. J. Physiol. Gastrointest. Liver. Physiol. 282 (2002) G919-G925
28. Simon A.M., and Goodenough D.A. Diverse functions of vertebrate gap junctions. Trends. Cell. Biol. 8 (1998) 477-483
29. Spray D.C., Harris A.L., and Bennett M.V. Equilibrium properties of a voltage-dependent junctional conductance. J. Gen. Physiol. 77 (1981) 77-93
30. Stewart W.W. Lucifer dyes-highly fluorescent dyes for biological tracing. Nature 292 (1981) 17-21
31. Strang G. Inverse problems and derivatives of determinants. Arch. Rational Mech. Anal. 114 (1991) 255-265
32. Tamas G., Buhl E.H., Lorincz A., and Somogyi P. Proximally targeted GABAergic synapses and gap junctions synchronize cortical interneurons. Nat. Neurosci. 3 (2000) 366-371
33. Theis M., Sohl G., Speidel D., Kuhn R., and Willecke K. Connexin43 is not expressed in principal cells of mouse cortex and hippocampus. Eur. J. Neurosci. 18 (2003) 267-274
34. Veenstra R.D. Voltage clamp limitations of dual whole-cell gap junction current and voltage recordings. I. Conductance measurements. Biophys. J. 80 (2001) 2231-2247