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Response Adaptation in Barrel Cortical Neurons Facilitates Stimulus Detection during Rhythmic Whisker Stimulation in Anesthetized Mice.

Natali Barros-Zulaica, Alessandro E P Villa, Angel Nuñez

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Natali Barros-ZulaicaDepartamento de Anatomía, Histología y Neurociencia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28029, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1358-2236
Alessandro E P VillaLaboratoire de Neuroheuristique, Groupe de Recherche en, Science de la Complexité, Université de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-4684-0027
Angel NuñezDepartamento de Anatomía, Histología y Neurociencia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28029, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8013-4812

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Abstract

Rodents use rhythmic whisker movements at frequencies between 4 and 12 Hz to sense the environment that will be disturbed when the animal touches an object. The aim of this work is to study the response adaptation to rhythmic whisker stimulation trains at 4 Hz in the barrel cortex and the sensitivity of cortical neurons to changes in the timing of the stimulation pattern. Longitudinal arrays of four iridium oxide electrodes were used to obtain single-unit recordings in supragranular, granular, and infragranular neurons in urethane anesthetized mice. The stimulation protocol consisted in a stimulation train of three air puffs (20 ms duration each) in which the time interval between the first and the third stimuli was fixed (500 ms) and the time interval between the first and the second stimuli changed (regular: 250 ms; "accelerando": 375 ms; or "decelerando" stimulation train: 125 ms interval). Cortical neurons adapted strongly their response to regular stimulation trains. Response adaptation was reduced when accelerando or decelerando stimulation trains were applied. This facilitation of the shifted stimulus was mediated by activation of NMDA receptors because the effect was blocked by AP5. The facilitation was not observed in thalamic nuclei. Facilitation increased during periods of EEG activation induced by systemic application of IGF-I, probably by activation of NMDA receptors, as well. We suggest that response adaptation is the outcome of an intrinsic cortical information processing aimed at contributing to improve the detection of "unexpected" stimuli that disturbed the rhythmic behavior of exploration.

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Adaptation, PhysiologicalAnesthesiaAnimalsFemaleMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNeuronsPhysical StimulationSomatosensory CortexVibrissaebarrel cortexIGF-INMDAresponse adaptationstimulation patternwhisker movements

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PMCPMC6449164

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