Effects of electrical coupling among layer 4 inhibitory interneurons on contrast-invariant orientation tuning

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-138

  Fortier, Pierre A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contrast; Electrical coupling; Gap junctions; Orientation selectivity; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY PARAMETERS; GAP JUNCTION; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; THALAMUS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 78951471105     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-010-2483-0     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. JM Alonso 2002 Neural connections and receptive field properties in the primary visual cortex Neuroscientist 8 443 456 10.1177/107385802236967 12374429
2. Y Amitai JR Gibson M Beierlein SL Patrick AM Ho BW Connors D Golomb 2002 The spatial dimensions of electrically coupled networks of interneurons in the neocortex J Neurosci 22 4142 4152 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD38XjvVans7s%3D 12019332
3. J Anderson I Lampl D Gillespie D Ferster 2000 The contribution of noise to contrast invariance of orientation tuning in cat visual cortex Science 290 1968 1972 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD3cXoslKgs7k%3D 10.1126/science.290.5498.1968 11110664
4. Y Banitt K Martin I Segev 2007 A biologically realistic model of contrast invariant orientation tuning by thalamocortical synaptic depression J Neurosci 27 10230 10239 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD2sXhtFahsbfL 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1640-07.2007 17881529
5. M Beierlein JR Gibson BW Connors 2000 A network of electrically coupled interneurons drives synchronized inhibition in neocortex Nat Neurosci 3 904 910 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD3cXmtlCktrY%3D 10.1038/78809 10966621
6. M Bennett R Zukin 2004 Electrical coupling and neuronal synchronization in the mammalian brain Neuron 41 495 511 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD2cXhvFOrsLw%3D 10.1016/S0896-6273(04)00043-1 14980200
7. Carnevale N, Hines M (2006) The NEURON book. Cambridge University Press, New York
8. Connors B (2008) Electrical signaling with neuronal gap junctions. In: Harris A, Locke D (eds) Connexins: a guide, chap 6. Humana Press, New Jersey, pp 143-164
9. S Cruikshank C Landisman J Mancilla B Connors 2005 Connexon connexions in the thalamocortical system Prog Brain Res 149 41 57 10.1016/S0079-6123(05) 49004-4 16226575
10. GC DeAngelis GM Ghose I Ohzawa RD Freeman 1999 Functional micro-organization of primary visual cortex: receptive field analysis of nearby neurons J Neurosci 19 4046 4064 1:CAS:528:DyaK1MXjtFSjsbY%3D 10234033
11. MR Deans JR Gibson C Sellitto BW Connors DL Paul 2001 Synchronous activity of inhibitory networks in neocortex requires electrical synapses containing connexin36 Neuron 31 477 485 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD3MXmsVeisr0%3D 10.1016/S0896-6273(01)00373-7 11516403
12. A Destexhe M Neubig D Ulrich J Huguenard 1998 Dendritic low-threshold calcium currents in thalamic relay cells J Neurosci 18 3574 3588 1:CAS:528:DyaK1cXjtVWls7k%3D 9570789
13. D Ferster KD Miller 2000 Neural mechanisms of orientation selectivity in the visual cortex Annu Rev Neurosci 23 441 471 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD3cXjs1Gmsrc%3D 10.1146/annurev.neuro.23.1.441 10845071
14. I Finn N Priebe D Ferster 2007 The emergence of contrast-invariant orientation tuning in simple cells of cat visual cortex Neuron 54 137 152 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD2sXkvVegt7Y%3D 10.1016/j.neuron.2007.02.029 17408583
15. D Fricker R Miles 2001 Interneurons, spike timing, and perception Neuron 32 771 774 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD3MXpt1Cksb0%3D 10.1016/S0896-6273(01)00528-1 11738024
16. T Fukuda T Kosaka 2003 Ultrastructural study of gap junctions between dendrites of parvalbumin-containing GABAergic neurons in various neocortical areas of the adult rat Neuroscience 120 5 20 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD3sXkvFylsbk%3D 10.1016/S0306-4522(03)00328-2 12849736
17. T Fukuda T Kosaka W Singer R Galuske 2006 Gap junctions among dendrites of cortical GABAergic neurons establish a dense and widespread intercolumnar network J Neurosci 26 3434 3443 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD28Xjs1yktb4%3D 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4076-05.2006 16571750
18. M Galarreta S Hestrin 1999 A network of fast-spiking cells in the neocortex connected by electrical synapses Nature 402 72 75 1:CAS:528: DyaK1MXntlCntrc%3D 10.1038/47029 10573418
19. M Galarreta S Hestrin 2001 Electrical synapses between GABA-releasing interneurons Nat Rev Neurosci 2 425 433 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD3MXksFOltbc%3D 10.1038/35077566 11389476
20. JR Gibson M Beierlein BW Connors 1999 Two networks of electrically coupled inhibitory neurons in neocortex Nature 402 75 79 1:CAS:528: DyaK1MXntlCntLc%3D 10.1038/47035 10573419
21. C Gilbert 1977 Laminar differences in receptive field properties of cells in cat primary visual cortex J Physiol 268 391 421 1:STN:280: DyaE2s3gvFOmtw%3D%3D 874916
22. D Hansel C Van Vreeswijk 2002 How noise contributes to contrast invariance of orientation tuning in cat visual cortex J Neurosci 22 5118 5128 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD38Xlt1Sgsbo%3D 12077207
23. JA Hirsch LM Martinez C Pillai JM Alonso Q Wang FT Sommer 2003 Functionally distinct inhibitory neurons at the first stage of visual cortical processing Nat Neurosci 6 1300 1308 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD3sXptFOmtrY%3D 10.1038/nn1152 14625553
24. D Hubel T Wiesel 1962 Receptive fields, binocular interaction and functional architecture in the cat's visual cortex J Physiol 160 106 154 14449617
25. TZ Lauritzen KD Miller 2003 Different roles for simple-cell and complex-cell inhibition in V1 J Neurosci 23 10201 10213 1:CAS:528: DC%2BD3sXpt1yltbo%3D 14614078
26. T Lewis J Rinzel 2003 Dynamics of spiking neurons connected by both inhibitory and electrical coupling J Comput Neurosci 14 283 309 10.1023/A:1023265027714 12766429
27. G Li Y Yang Z Liang J Xia Y Yang Y Zhou 2008 GABA-mediated inhibition correlates with orientation selectivity in primary visual cortex of cat Neuroscience 155 914 922 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD1cXhtVSgtbfF 10.1016/j.neuroscience. 2008.06.032 18627788
28. K Miller 1994 A model for the development of simple cell receptive fields and the ordered arrangement of orientation columns through activity-dependent competititon between ON-and OFF-center inputs J Neurosci 14 409 441 1:STN:280:DyaK2c7htVyktQ%3D%3D 8283248
29. KD Miller 2003 Understanding layer 4 of the cortical circuit: a model based on cat V1 Cereb Cortex 13 73 82 10.1093/cercor/13.1.73 12466218
30. KD Miller DJ Pinto DJ Simons 2001 Processing in layer 4 of the neocortical circuit: new insights from visual and somatosensory cortex Curr Opin Neurobiol 11 488 497 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD3MXlvFWru7o%3D 10.1016/S0959-4388(00) 00239-7 11502397
31. L Nowak M Sanchez-Vives D McCormick 2008 Lack of orientation and direction selectivity in a subgroup of fast-spiking inhibitory interneurons: cellular and synaptic mechanisms and comparison with other electrophysiological cell types Cereb Cortex 18 1058 1078 10.1093/cercor/bhm137 17720684
32. K Ohki S Chung P Kara M Hubener T Bonhoeffer R Reid 2006 Highly ordered arrangement of single neurons in orientation pinwheels Nature 442 925 928 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD28XosVOgu78%3D 10.1038/nature05019 16906137
33. S Palmer K Miller 2007 Effects of inhibitory gain and conductance fluctuations in a simple model for contrast-invariant orientation tuning in Cat V1 J Neurophysiol 98 63 78 10.1152/jn.00152.2007 17507506
34. DL Ringach MJ Hawken R Shapley 2003 Dynamics of orientation tuning in macaque V1: the role of global and tuned suppression J Neurophysiol 90 342 352 10.1152/jn.01018.2002 12611936
35. M Sanchez-Vives L Nowak D McCormick 2000 Membrane mechanisms underlying contrast adaptation in cat area 17 in vivo J Neurosci 20 4267 4285 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD3cXjsFelu7c%3D 10818163
36. G Sclar R Freeman 1982 Orientation selectivity in the cat's striate cortex is invariant with stimulus contrast Exp Brain Res 46 457 461 1:STN:280:DyaL383js1Wgug%3D%3D 10.1007/BF00238641 7095050
37. G Tamas EH Buhl A Lorincz P Somogyi 2000 Proximally targeted GABAergic synapses and gap junctions synchronize cortical interneurons Nat Neurosci 3 366 371 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD3cXitlagtrk%3D 10.1038/73936 10725926
38. A Teich N Qian 2006 Comparison among some models of orientation selectivity J Neurophysiol 96 404 419 10.1152/jn.00015.2005 16625000
39. TW Troyer AE Krukowski NJ Priebe KD Miller 1998 Contrast-invariant orientation tuning in cat visual cortex: thalamocortical input tuning and correlation-based intracortical connectivity J Neurosci 18 5908 5927 1:CAS:528:DyaK1cXkvFWnsLY%3D 9671678