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The Journal of Neuroscience, April 19, 2006, 26(16):4394-4405; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0252-06.2006

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Recurrent Connection Patterns of Corticostriatal Pyramidal Cells in Frontal Cortex

Mieko Morishima and Yasuo Kawaguchi

Division of Cerebral Circuitry, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Department of Physiological Sciences, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Aichi, Okazaki 444-8787, Japan

Correspondence should be sent to Yasuo Kawaguchi, Division of Cerebral Circuitry, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8787, Japan. Email: yasuo{at}nips.ac.jp

Corticostriatal pyramidal cells are heterogeneous in the frontal cortex. Here, we show that subpopulations of corticostriatal neurons in the rat frontal cortex are selectively connected with each other based on their subcortical targets. Using paired recordings of retrogradely labeled cells, we investigated the synaptic connectivity between two projection cell types: those projecting to the pons [corticopontine (CPn) cell], often with collaterals to the striatum, and those projecting to both sides of the striatum but not to the pons [crossed corticostriatal (CCS) cell]. The two types were morphologically differentiated in regard to their apical tufts. The dendritic morphologies of CCS cells were correlated with their somatic depth within the cortex. CCS cells had reciprocal synaptic connections with each other and also provided synaptic input to CPn cells. However, connections from CPn to CCS cells were rarely found, even in pairs showing CCS to CPn connectivity. Additionally, CCS cells preferentially innervated the basal dendrites of other CCS cells but made contacts onto both the basal and apical dendrites of CPn cells. The amplitude of synaptic responses was to some extent correlated with the contact site number. Ratios of the EPSC amplitude to the contact number tended to be larger in the CCS to CCS connection. Therefore, our data demonstrate that these two types of corticostriatal cells distinct in their dendritic morphologies show directional and domain-dependent preferences in their synaptic connectivity.

Key words: pyramidal cell; frontal cortex; striatum; pons; postsynaptic current; apical dendrite

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Received Jan. 19, 2006; revised March 11, 2006; accepted March 14, 2006.

Correspondence should be sent to Yasuo Kawaguchi, Division of Cerebral Circuitry, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8787, Japan. Email: yasuo{at}nips.ac.jp

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