Cocaine regulates sensory filtering in cortical pyramidal neurons

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Exposure to cocaine leads to robust changes in the structure and function of neurons within the mesocorticolimbic pathway. However, little is known about how cocaine influences the processing of information within the sensory cortex. We address this by using patch-clamp and juxtacellular voltage recordings and two-photon Ca2+ imaging in vivo to investigate the influence of acute cocaine exposure on layer 2/3 (L2/3) pyramidal neurons within the primary somatosensory cortex (S1). Here, cocaine dampens membrane potential state transitions and decreases spontaneous somatic action potentials and Ca2+ transients. In contrast to the uniform decrease in background spontaneous activity, cocaine has a heterogeneous influence on sensory encoding, increasing tactile-evoked responses in dendrites that do not typically encode sensory information and decreasing responses in those dendrites that are more reliable sensory encoders. Combined, these findings suggest that cocaine acts as a filter that suppresses background noise to selectively modulate incoming sensory information.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:42

Enthalten in:

Cell reports - 42(2023), 2 vom: 28. Feb., Seite 112122

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Murphy, Sean C [VerfasserIn]
Godenzini, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Guzulaitis, Robertas [VerfasserIn]
Lawrence, Andrew J [VerfasserIn]
Palmer, Lucy M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CP: Neuroscience
Cocaine
Cortex
Cortical filter
Dendrites
I5Y540LHVR
Journal Article
Pyramidal neuron
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Sensory signaling
Spontaneous

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Date Completed 04.10.2023

Date Revised 05.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112122

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM352974869