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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-6-2
pubmed:abstractText
The physiological and molecular features of nonpyramidal cells were investigated in acute slices of sensory-motor cortex using whole-cell recordings combined with single-cell RT-PCR to detect simultaneously the mRNAs of three calcium binding proteins (calbindin D28k, parvalbumin, and calretinin) and four neuropeptides (neuropeptide Y, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, somatostatin, and cholecystokinin). In the 97 neurons analyzed, all expressed mRNAs of at least one calcium binding protein, and the majority (n = 73) contained mRNAs of at least one neuropeptide. Three groups of nonpyramidal cells were defined according to their firing pattern. (1) Fast spiking cells (n = 34) displayed tonic discharges of fast action potentials with no accommodation. They expressed parvalbumin (n = 30) and/or calbindin (n = 19) mRNAs, and half of them also contained transcripts of at least one of the four neuropeptides. (2) Regular spiking nonpyramidal cells (n = 48) displayed a firing behavior characterized by a marked accommodation and presented a large diversity of expression patterns of the seven biochemical markers. (3) Finally, a small population of vertically oriented bipolar cells, termed irregular spiking cells (n = 15), fired bursts of action potentials at an irregular frequency. They consistently co-expressed calretinin and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide. Additional investigations of these cells showed that they also co-expressed glutamic acid decarboxylase and choline acetyl transferase. Our results indicate that neocortical nonpyramidal neurons display a large diversity in their firing properties and biochemical patterns of co-expression and that both characteristics could be correlated to define discrete subpopulations.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Biological Markers, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcium-Binding Protein, Vitamin..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cholecystokinin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Choline O-Acetyltransferase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glutamate Decarboxylase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nerve Tissue Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neuropeptide Y, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Parvalbumins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Somatostatin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/calbindin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/calretinin
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0270-6474
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3894-906
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9133407-Action Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:9133407-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9133407-Biological Markers, pubmed-meshheading:9133407-Calcium-Binding Protein, Vitamin D-Dependent, pubmed-meshheading:9133407-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:9133407-Cholecystokinin, pubmed-meshheading:9133407-Choline O-Acetyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:9133407-Glutamate Decarboxylase, pubmed-meshheading:9133407-Interneurons, pubmed-meshheading:9133407-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9133407-Neuropeptide Y, pubmed-meshheading:9133407-Parvalbumins, pubmed-meshheading:9133407-Patch-Clamp Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:9133407-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:9133407-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:9133407-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:9133407-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:9133407-Sensitivity and Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:9133407-Somatostatin, pubmed-meshheading:9133407-Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Molecular and physiological diversity of cortical nonpyramidal cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Neurobiologie et Diversité Cellulaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité de Recherche Associée 2054, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la ville de Paris, 75231 Paris cedex 5, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't