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ArticleeLife2021

Gap junction-mediated glycinergic inhibition ensures precise temporal patterning in vocal behavior.

Boris P Chagnaud, Jonathan T Perelmuter, Paul M Forlano, Andrew H Bass

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Article in eLife, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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4 authors.

Boris P ChagnaudInstitute of Biology, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Graz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-5939-8541
Jonathan T PerelmuterDepartment of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9785-8211
Paul M ForlanoDepartment of Biology, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4258-5708
Andrew H BassDepartment of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-0182-6715

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft CRC870/B17National Science Foundation IOS 1457108National Science Foundation IOS 1656664
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Precise neuronal firing is especially important for behaviors highly dependent on the correct sequencing and timing of muscle activity patterns, such as acoustic signaling. Acoustic signaling is an important communication modality for vertebrates, including many teleost fishes. Toadfishes are well known to exhibit high temporal fidelity in synchronous motoneuron firing within a hindbrain network directly determining the temporal structure of natural calls. Here, we investigated how these motoneurons maintain synchronous activation. We show that pronounced temporal precision in population-level motoneuronal firing depends on gap junction-mediated, glycinergic inhibition that generates a period of reduced probability of motoneuron activation. Super-resolution microscopy confirms glycinergic release sites formed by a subset of adjacent premotoneurons contacting motoneuron somata and dendrites. In aggregate, the evidence supports the hypothesis that gap junction-mediated, glycinergic inhibition provides a timing mechanism for achieving synchrony and temporal precision in the millisecond range for rapid modulation of acoustic waveforms.

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AnimalsBatrachoidiformesFemaleGap JunctionsGlycine AgentsMaleMotor NeuronsRhombencephalonVocalization, AnimalGlycine Agentsfeed-forwardinhibitionnetworkneuroscienceopsanus betatoadfishvocal system

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PMID33721553
PMCPMC7963477

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