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ArticleScience advances2021

Spatially structured inhibition defined by polarized parvalbumin interneuron axons promotes head direction tuning.

Yangfan Peng, Federico J Barreda Tomas, Paul Pfeiffer, Moritz Drangmeister, Susanne Schreiber, Imre Vida, Jörg R P Geiger

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Article in Science advances, 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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Yangfan PengInstitute for Neurophysiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0317-1353
Federico J Barreda TomasInstitute for Integrative Neuroanatomy, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Paul PfeifferBernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin, Philippstr. 13, 10115 Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5324-5886
Moritz DrangmeisterBernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin, Philippstr. 13, 10115 Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5947-162X
Susanne SchreiberBernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin, Philippstr. 13, 10115 Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3913-5650
Imre VidaInstitute for Integrative Neuroanatomy, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany. Joerg.Geiger@charite.de Imre.Vida@charite.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3214-2233
Jörg R P GeigerInstitute for Neurophysiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany. Joerg.Geiger@charite.de Imre.Vida@charite.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9552-4322

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In cortical microcircuits, it is generally assumed that fast-spiking parvalbumin interneurons mediate dense and nonselective inhibition. Some reports indicate sparse and structured inhibitory connectivity, but the computational relevance and the underlying spatial organization remain unresolved. In the rat superficial presubiculum, we find that inhibition by fast-spiking interneurons is organized in the form of a dominant super-reciprocal microcircuit motif where multiple pyramidal cells recurrently inhibit each other via a single interneuron. Multineuron recordings and subsequent 3D reconstructions and analysis further show that this nonrandom connectivity arises from an asymmetric, polarized morphology of fast-spiking interneuron axons, which individually cover different directions in the same volume. Network simulations assuming topographically organized input demonstrate that such polarized inhibition can improve head direction tuning of pyramidal cells in comparison to a "blanket of inhibition." We propose that structured inhibition based on asymmetrical axons is an overarching spatial connectivity principle for tailored computation across brain regions.

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