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ArticleCerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)2020

Key Aspects of Neurovascular Control Mediated by Specific Populations of Inhibitory Cortical Interneurons.

L Lee, L Boorman, E Glendenning, C Christmas, P Sharp, P Redgrave, O Shabir, E Bracci, J Berwick, C Howarth

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Article in Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991), 2020. 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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56 citing papers in PubMed, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

L LeeDepartment of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 2LT, UK.
L BoormanDepartment of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 2LT, UK.
E GlendenningDepartment of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 2LT, UK.
C ChristmasDepartment of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 2LT, UK.
P SharpDepartment of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 2LT, UK.
P RedgraveDepartment of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 2LT, UK.
O ShabirDepartment of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 2LT, UK.
E BracciDepartment of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 2LT, UK.
J BerwickDepartment of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 2LT, UK.
C HowarthDepartment of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 2LT, UK.
University of Sheffield · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/M013553/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 105586/Z/14/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inhibitory interneurons can evoke vasodilation and vasoconstriction, making them potential cellular drivers of neurovascular coupling. However, the specific regulatory roles played by particular interneuron subpopulations remain unclear. Our purpose was therefore to adopt a cell-specific optogenetic approach to investigate how somatostatin (SST) and neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS)-expressing interneurons might influence the neurovascular relationship. In mice, specific activation of SST- or nNOS-interneurons was sufficient to evoke hemodynamic changes. In the case of nNOS-interneurons, robust hemodynamic changes occurred with minimal changes in neural activity, suggesting that the ability of blood oxygen level dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging (BOLD fMRI) to reliably reflect changes in neuronal activity may be dependent on type of neuron recruited. Conversely, activation of SST-interneurons produced robust changes in evoked neural activity with shallow cortical excitation and pronounced deep layer cortical inhibition. Prolonged activation of SST-interneurons often resulted in an increase in blood volume in the centrally activated area with an accompanying decrease in blood volume in the surrounding brain regions, analogous to the negative BOLD signal. These results demonstrate the role of specific populations of cortical interneurons in the active control of neurovascular function.

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AnimalsCerebral CortexFemaleInterneuronsMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicNeural InhibitionNeurovascular CouplingNitric Oxide Synthase Type IOptical ImagingOptogeneticsNitric Oxide Synthase Type INos1 protein, mouseBOLD fMRIneurovascular couplingnitric oxide synthaseoptogeneticssomatostatin

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