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ArticleCerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)2022

Contribution of Interneuron Subtype-Specific GABAergic Signaling to Emergent Sensory Processing in Mouse Somatosensory Whisker Barrel Cortex.

Liad J Baruchin, Filippo Ghezzi, Michael M Kohl, Simon J B Butt

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Article in Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Liad J BaruchinDepartment of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK.
Filippo GhezziDepartment of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK.
Michael M KohlDepartment of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK.
Simon J B ButtDepartment of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2399-0102
University of Oxford · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/P003796/1Medical Research Council MR/T033320/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 215199/Z/19/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mammalian neocortex is important for conscious processing of sensory information with balanced glutamatergic and GABAergic signaling fundamental to this function. Yet little is known about how this interaction arises despite increasing insight into early GABAergic interneuron (IN) circuits. To study this, we assessed the contribution of specific INs to the development of sensory processing in the mouse whisker barrel cortex, specifically the role of INs in early speed coding and sensory adaptation. In wild-type animals, both speed processing and adaptation were present as early as the layer 4 critical period of plasticity and showed refinement over the period leading to active whisking onset. To test the contribution of IN subtypes, we conditionally silenced action-potential-dependent GABA release in either somatostatin (SST) or vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) INs. These genetic manipulations influenced both spontaneous and sensory-evoked cortical activity in an age- and layer-dependent manner. Silencing SST + INs reduced early spontaneous activity and abolished facilitation in sensory adaptation observed in control pups. In contrast, VIP + IN silencing had an effect towards the onset of active whisking. Silencing either IN subtype had no effect on speed coding. Our results show that these IN subtypes contribute to early sensory processing over the first few postnatal weeks.

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Somatosensory CortexVibrissaeAnimalsInterneuronsMammalsMicePerceptionVasoactive Intestinal PeptideVasoactive Intestinal Peptidebrain developmentneocortexperceptionsomatostatinvasoactive intestinal peptide

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