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ArticleFrontiers in neural circuits2014

Spatial pattern of intra-laminar connectivity in supragranular mouse auditory cortex.

Paul V Watkins, Joseph P Y Kao, Patrick O Kanold

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Article in Frontiers in neural circuits, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Altered Response Dynamics and Increased Population Correlation to Tonal Stimuli Embedded in Noise in Aging Auditory Cortex.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2021
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  9. Thalamocortical and Intracortical Inputs Differentiate Layer-Specific Mouse Auditory Corticocollicular Neurons.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2019
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  11. Extracting neuronal functional network dynamics via adaptive Granger causality analysis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2018
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  13. Sublaminar Subdivision of Mouse Auditory Cortex Layer 2/3 Based on Functional Translaminar Connections.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2017
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  16. Mapping Auditory Synaptic Circuits with Photostimulation of Caged Glutamate.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2016
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Paul V WatkinsDepartment of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park MD, USA.
Joseph P Y KaoCenter for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore MD, USA ; Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore MD, USA.
Patrick O KanoldDepartment of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park MD, USA ; Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park MD, USA.
University of Maryland, College Park · US

Funding

NEURONAL CIRCUITS AND PLASTICITY OF NEONATAL AUDITORY CORTEXR01DC009607 · NIDCD · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI PATRICK O KANOLD · 2009 to 2026
$7.8M
COMPARATIVE AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY OF HEARINGT32DC000046 · NIDCD · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI Catherine Emily Carr, Matthew J. Goupell · 1994 to 2026
$7.5M
CAGED PROBES FOR CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGYR01GM056481 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MD BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE · PI KAO, JOSEPH PAO YUNG · 1998 to 2009
$3.3M
Microcircuitry in Auditory CortexF32DC012235 · NIDCD · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI WATKINS, PAUL V · 2012 to 2013
$58k
NIDCD NIH HHS F32 DC012235NIDCD NIH HHS F32DC012235NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC009607NIDCD NIH HHS R01DC009607NIDCD NIH HHS T32 DC000046NIDCD NIH HHS T32DC00046NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM056481NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM056481
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuronal responses and topographic organization of feature selectivity in the cerebral cortex are shaped by ascending inputs and by intracortical connectivity. The mammalian primary auditory cortex has a tonotopic arrangement at large spatial scales (greater than 300 microns). This large-scale architecture breaks down in supragranular layers at smaller scales (around 300 microns), where nearby frequency and sound level tuning properties can be quite heterogeneous. Since layer 4 has a more homogeneous architecture, the heterogeneity in supragranular layers might be caused by heterogeneous ascending input or via heterogeneous intralaminar connections. Here we measure the functional 2-dimensional spatial connectivity pattern of the supragranular auditory cortex on micro-column scales. In general connection probability decreases with radial distance from each neuron, but the decrease is steeper in the isofrequency axis leading to an anisotropic distribution of connection probability with respect to the tonotopic axis. In addition to this radial decrease in connection probability we find a patchy organization of inhibitory and excitatory synaptic inputs that is also anisotropic with respect to the tonotopic axis. These periodicities are at spatial scales of ~100 and ~300 μm. While these spatial periodicities show anisotropy in auditory cortex, they are isotropic in visual cortex, indicating region specific differences in intralaminar connections. Together our results show that layer 2/3 neurons in auditory cortex show specific spatial intralaminar connectivity despite the overtly heterogeneous tuning properties.

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Acoustic StimulationAnimalsAuditory CortexAuditory PerceptionBrain MappingFemaleMaleMiceNerve NetNeuronsauditory cortexexcitationinhibitionintracorticalmicrocircuitmouse

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PMID24653677
PMCPMC3949116
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