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ReviewJournal of neurophysiology2019

Control of excitatory hierarchical circuits by parvalbumin-FS basket cells in layer 5 of the frontal cortex: insights for cortical oscillations.

Yasuo Kawaguchi, Takeshi Otsuka, Mieko Morishima, Mika Ushimaru, Yoshiyuki Kubota

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Review in Journal of neurophysiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Regulation of the E/I-balance by the neural matrisome.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2023
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  15. Model neocortical microcircuit supports beta and gamma rhythms.International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering : [proceedings]. International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yasuo KawaguchiDivision of Cerebral Circuitry, National Institute for Physiological Sciences , Okazaki , Japan.
Takeshi OtsukaDivision of Cerebral Circuitry, National Institute for Physiological Sciences , Okazaki , Japan.
Mieko MorishimaDivision of Cerebral Circuitry, National Institute for Physiological Sciences , Okazaki , Japan.
Mika UshimaruDepartment of Experimental Therapeutics, Institute for Advancement of Clinical and Translational Science, Kyoto University Hospital , Kyoto , Japan.
Yoshiyuki KubotaDivision of Cerebral Circuitry, National Institute for Physiological Sciences , Okazaki , Japan.
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI · JPKyoto University Hospital · JPNational Institute for Physiological Sciences · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cortex contains multiple neuron types with specific connectivity and functions. Recent progress has provided a better understanding of the interactions of these neuron types as well as their output organization particularly for the frontal cortex, with implications for the circuit mechanisms underlying cortical oscillations that have cognitive functions. Layer 5 pyramidal cells (PCs) in the frontal cortex comprise two major subtypes: crossed-corticostriatal (CCS) and corticopontine (CPn) cells. Functionally, CCS and CPn cells exhibit similar phase-dependent firing during gamma waves but participate in two distinct subnetworks that are linked unidirectionally from CCS to CPn cells. GABAergic parvalbumin-expressing fast-spiking (PV-FS) cells, necessary for gamma oscillation, innervate PCs, with stronger and global inhibition to somata and weaker and localized inhibitions to dendritic shafts/spines. While PV-FS cells form reciprocal connections with both CCS and CPn cells, the excitation from CPn to PV-FS cells exhibits short-term synaptic dynamics conducive for oscillation induction. The electrical coupling between PV-FS cells facilitates spike synchronization among PV-FS cells receiving common excitatory inputs from local PCs and inhibits other PV-FS cells via electrically communicated spike afterhyperpolarizations. These connectivity characteristics can promote synchronous firing in the local networks of CPn cells and firing of some CCS cells by anode-break excitation. Thus subsets of L5 CCS and CPn cells within different levels of connection hierarchy exhibit coordinated activity via their common connections with PV-FS cells, and the resulting PC output drives diverse neuronal targets in cortical layer 1 and the striatum with specific temporal precision, expanding the computational power of the cortical network.

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AnimalsBrain WavesCorpus StriatumFrontal LobeGABAergic NeuronsNerve NetParvalbuminsPyramidal CellsRatsParvalbuminsfast-spiking cellfrontal cortexgamma oscillationparvalbuminpyramidal cell subtype

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PMID30995139
PMCPMC6620693
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