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The Journal of Neuroscience, June 15, 2001, 21(12):4498-4504
Network Synchrony in the Nucleus Accumbens In
Vivo
Yukiori
Goto and
Patricio
O'Donnell
Center for Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience, Albany Medical
College, Albany, New York 12208
Nucleus accumbens neurons show membrane potential fluctuations
between a very negative resting membrane potential and periodical plateau depolarizations. Because action potential firing occurs only
during the depolarized state, the control of transitions between states
is important for information processing within this region, with an
impact on accumbens-related behaviors. It has been proposed that
ensembles of active neurons in the nucleus accumbens could be based on
a population of cells depolarizing simultaneously into the UP state. In
this study, in vivo intracellular recordings from
accumbens neurons were performed simultaneously with local field
potential recordings to examine whether the nucleus accumbens can
exhibit synchronization of membrane potential states in a population of
neurons. These simultaneous recordings indicated that local field
potential shifts occurred synchronously with transitions to the UP
state. Furthermore, manipulations that evoked prolonged plateau
depolarizations also evoked field potentials of similar duration. Such
signals likely occurred because of simultaneous membrane
potential changes in a population of neurons. Together with our
previous studies, these results suggest that membrane potential states
in the nucleus accumbens can be synchronized by synaptic inputs from
the hippocampus.
Key words:
nucleus accumbens; membrane potential; dopamine; ensemble; in vivo intracellular recording; field
potentials
Copyright © 2001 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/01/21124498-07$05.00/0
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