TITLE

Specific Entrainment of Mitral Cells during Gamma Oscillation in the Rat Olfactory Bulb

AUTHOR(S)

David, Fran�ois O.; Hugues, Etienne; Cenier, Tristan; Fourcaud-Trocm�, Nicolas; Buonviso, Nathalie

PUB. DATE

October 2009

SOURCE

PLoS Computational Biology;Oct2009, Vol. 5 Issue 10, p1

SOURCE TYPE

Academic Journal

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Local field potential (LFP) oscillations are often accompanied by synchronization of activity within a widespread cerebral area. Thus, the LFP and neuronal coherence appear to be the result of a common mechanism that underlies neuronal assembly formation. We used the olfactory bulb as a model to investigate: (1) the extent to which unitary dynamics and LFP oscillations can be correlated and (2) the precision with which a model of the hypothesized underlying mechanisms can accurately explain the experimental data. For this purpose, we analyzed simultaneous recordings of mitral cell (MC) activity and LFPs in anesthetized and freely breathing rats in response to odorant stimulation. Spike trains were found to be phase-locked to the gamma oscillation at specific firing rates and to form odor-specific temporal patterns. The use of a conductance-based MC model driven by an approximately balanced excitatory-inhibitory input conductance and a relatively small inhibitory conductance that oscillated at the gamma frequency allowed us to provide one explanation of the experimental data via a mode-locking mechanism. This work sheds light on the way network and intrinsic MC properties participate in the locking of MCs to the gamma oscillation in a realistic physiological context and may result in a particular time-locked assembly. Finally, we discuss how a self-synchronization process with such entrainment properties can explain, under experimental conditions: (1) why the gamma bursts emerge transiently with a maximal amplitude position relative to the stimulus time course; (2) why the oscillations are prominent at a specific gamma frequency; and (3) why the oscillation amplitude depends on specific stimulus properties. We also discuss information processing and functional consequences derived from this mechanism.

ACCESSION #

58496305

Tags: OSCILLATIONS;  OLFACTORY receptors;  CELLS;  SYNCHRONIZATION;  CELL receptors

 

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