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ReviewNeuroscience2013

Active decorrelation in the basal ganglia.

C J Wilson

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Review in Neuroscience, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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56citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 104 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Temporal Variability in the Spiking Activity of Neurons in the External Globus Pallidus in Healthy and Parkinsonian Monkeys.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026
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  9. Neural heterogeneity controls computations in spiking neural networks.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  12. Propagation of Oscillations in the Indirect Pathway of the Basal Ganglia.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023
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  13. Spontaneous Activity of the Local GABAergic Synaptic Network Causes Irregular Neuronal Firing in the External Globus Pallidus.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023
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  15. Biophysical and Architectural Mechanisms of Subthalamic Theta under Response Conflict.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2022
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  18. Dysregulation of the Basal Ganglia Indirect Pathway in Early SymptomaticThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2022
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  19. Discussion of Research Priorities for Gait Disorders in Parkinson's Disease.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2022
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  20. On the Role of Arkypallidal and Prototypical Neurons for Phase Transitions in the External Pallidum.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

C J WilsonDepartment of Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249, United States. Electronic address: Charles.Wilson@utsa.edu.
The University of Texas at San Antonio · US

Funding

SYNAPTIC CONTROLOF PALLIDAL ACTIVITYP50NS047085 · NINDS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI KRAINC, DIMITRI · 2003 to 2018
$19.2M
ACTIVITY OF BRAINSTEM NEURONSR01HL051314 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO HEALTH SCI CAMPUS · PI DUN, NAE J · 1995 to 2010
$2.3M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL51314NINDS NIH HHS NS18713NINDS NIH HHS P50 NS047085
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cytoarchitecturally-homogeneous appearance of the globus pallidus, subthalamic nucleus and substantia nigra has long been said to imply a high degree of afferent convergence and sharing of inputs by nearby neurons. Moreover, axon collaterals of neurons in the external segment of the globus pallidus and the substantia nigra pars reticulata arborize locally and make inhibitory synapses on other cells of the same type. These features suggest that the connectivity of the basal ganglia may impose spike-time correlations among the cells, and it has been puzzling that experimental studies have failed to demonstrate such correlations. One possible solution arises from studies of firing patterns in basal ganglia cells, which reveal that they are nearly all pacemaker cells. Their high rate of firing does not depend on synaptic excitation, but they fire irregularly because a dense barrage of synaptic inputs normally perturbs the timing of their autonomous activity. Theoretical and computational studies show that the responses of repetitively-firing neurons to shared input or mutual synaptic coupling often defy classical intuitions about temporal synaptic integration. The patterns of spike-timing among such neurons depend on the ionic mechanism of pacemaking, the level of background uncorrelated cellular and synaptic noise, and the firing rates of the neurons, as well as the properties of their synaptic connections. Application of these concepts to the basal ganglia circuitry suggests that the connectivity and physiology of these nuclei may be configured to prevent the establishment of permanent spike-timing relationships between neurons. The development of highly synchronous oscillatory patterns of activity in Parkinson's disease may result from the loss of pacemaking by some basal ganglia neurons, and accompanying breakdown of the mechanisms responsible for active decorrelation.

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AnimalsBasal GangliaElectrophysiological PhenomenaHumansNerve NetParkinson DiseaseSynapses6-hydroxy dopamine6-OHDAEEGelectroencephalographicexternal segments of the globus pallidusGPeGPiHCNhyperpolarization-activated cation currentinternal segments of the globus pallidusnetwork oscillationsParkinson’s diseasephase-resettingSNrspike-timingSTNsubstantia nigra pars reticulatasubthalamic nucleussynchrony

Identifiers

PMID23892007
PMCPMC3772785
OpenAlexW2025141229

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