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ArticleCell reports2018

Sub-populations of Spinal V3 Interneurons Form Focal Modules of Layered Pre-motor Microcircuits.

Jeremy W Chopek, Filipe Nascimento, Marco Beato, Robert M Brownstone, Ying Zhang

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Article in Cell reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

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55 citing papers in PubMed, 88 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jeremy W ChopekDepartment of Medical Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada; Sobell Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3BG, UK.
Filipe NascimentoDepartment of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Marco BeatoDepartment of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Robert M BrownstoneSobell Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3BG, UK. Electronic address: r.brownstone@ucl.ac.uk.
Ying ZhangDepartment of Medical Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada. Electronic address: ying.zhang@dal.ca.
University College London · GBDalhousie University · CA

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/R011494/1Wellcome Trust 110193/Z/15/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Layering of neural circuits facilitates the separation of neurons with high spatial sensitivity from those that play integrative temporal roles. Although anatomical layers are readily identifiable in the brain, layering is not structurally obvious in the spinal cord. But computational studies of motor behaviors have led to the concept of layered processing in the spinal cord. It has been postulated that spinal V3 interneurons (INs) play multiple roles in locomotion, leading us to investigate whether they form layered microcircuits. Using patch-clamp recordings in combination with holographic glutamate uncaging, we demonstrate focal, layered modules, in which ventromedial V3 INs form synapses with one another and with ventrolateral V3 INs, which in turn form synapses with ipsilateral motoneurons. Motoneurons, in turn, provide recurrent excitatory, glutamatergic input to V3 INs. Thus, ventral V3 interneurons form layered microcircuits that could function to ensure well-timed, spatially specific movements.

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AnimalsInterneuronsMiceMotor NeuronsSpinal Cordcaged glutamateholographic photostimulationinterneuron subpopulationsmicrocircuitsmotoneuronsrecurrent excitationspatial light modulatorspinal interneurons

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PMID30282024
PMCPMC6180347
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