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Short- and long-term effects of cholinergic modulation on gamma oscillations and response synchronization in the visual cortex.
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The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience [J Neurosci] 2004 Nov 17; Vol. 24 (46), pp. 10369-78. - Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- Neurons can engage in synchronized oscillatory activity in the gamma-frequency range when responding to sensory stimuli. Both the oscillatory patterning and the synchronization of responses are enhanced with arousal and attention or when the electroencephalogram is activated by electrical stimulation of the mesencephalic reticular formation. Here we show with intracortical application of cholinergic antagonists that the enhancement of gamma oscillations and response synchronization is mediated by acetylcholine and muscarinic receptors. We demonstrate further that coapplication of cholinergic agonists with synchrony-inducing light stimuli causes a lasting increase in the probability that the stimulated cells engage in gamma oscillations and response synchronization. These changes develop slowly over tens of minutes and then persist for many hours. Thus, cholinergic modulation plays a crucial role both in the fast, state-dependent facilitation of gamma oscillations and response synchronization and in use-dependent long-term modifications of cortical dynamics that favor synchronization of responses in the gamma-frequency range.
- Subjects :
- Action Potentials
Animals
Cats
Cholinergic Agonists pharmacology
Cholinergic Antagonists pharmacology
Conditioning, Psychological
Electric Stimulation
Electroencephalography
Evoked Potentials, Visual
Photic Stimulation
Receptors, Cholinergic drug effects
Receptors, Muscarinic drug effects
Receptors, Muscarinic physiology
Reticular Formation physiology
Scopolamine pharmacology
Receptors, Cholinergic physiology
Visual Cortex physiology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1529-2401
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 46
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 15548651
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1839-04.2004