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The Journal of Neuroscience, November 15, 1998, 18(22):9500-9516
The Functional Influence of Burst and Tonic Firing Mode on Synaptic Interactions in the Thalamus
Uhnoh Kim and David A. McCormick Section of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06510
Thalamocortical and perigeniculate (PGN) neurons can generate action potentials either as Ca2+ spike-mediated high-frequency bursts or as tonic trains. Using dual intracellular recordings in vitro in monosynaptically connected pairs of PGN and dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (LGNd) neurons, we found that the functional effect of synaptic transmission between these cell types was strongly influenced by the membrane potential and hence the firing mode of both the pre- and postsynaptic neurons. Activation of single action potentials or low-frequency spike trains in PGN or thalamocortical neurons resulted in the generation of PSPs that were 0.5-2.0 mV in amplitude. In contrast, the generation of Ca2+ spike-mediated bursts of action potentials in the presynaptic cell increased these PSPs to an average of 4.4 mV for the IPSP and 3.0 mV for the EPSP barrage, because of temporal summation and/or facilitation. If the postsynaptic neuron was at a resting membrane potential (e.g.,
65 mV), these PSP barrages could result in the activation of a low-threshold Ca2+ spike and burst of action potentials. These results demonstrate that the burst firing mode of action potential generation is a particularly effective means by which perigeniculate and thalamocortical neurons may influence one another. We propose that the activation of burst discharges in these cell types is essential for the generation of some forms of synchronized rhythmic oscillations of sleep and of epileptic seizures.
Key words: inhibition; excitation; perigeniculate; thalamocortical; thalamic reticular; spindle waves
Copyright © 1998 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/98/18229500-17$05.00/0
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