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Behavioral-state modulation of inhibition is context-dependent and cell type specific in mouse visual cortex

  1. Janelle MP Pakan
  2. Scott C Lowe
  3. Evelyn Dylda
  4. Sander W Keemink
  5. Stephen P Currie
  6. Christopher A Coutts
  7. Nathalie LI Rochefort  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.14985
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  1. Janelle MP Pakan
  2. Scott C Lowe
  3. Evelyn Dylda
  4. Sander W Keemink
  5. Stephen P Currie
  6. Christopher A Coutts
  7. Nathalie LI Rochefort
(2016)
Behavioral-state modulation of inhibition is context-dependent and cell type specific in mouse visual cortex
eLife 5:e14985.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.14985
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Abstract

Cortical responses to sensory stimuli are modulated by behavioral state. In the primary visual cortex (V1), visual responses of pyramidal neurons increase during locomotion. This response gain was suggested to be mediated through inhibitory neurons, resulting in the disinhibition of pyramidal neurons. Using in vivo two-photon calcium imaging in layers 2/3 and 4 in mouse V1, we reveal that locomotion increases the activity of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), somatostatin (SST) and parvalbumin (PV)-positive interneurons during visual stimulation, challenging the disinhibition model. In darkness, while most VIP and PV neurons remained locomotion responsive, SST and excitatory neurons were largely non-responsive. Context-dependent locomotion responses were found in each cell type, with the highest proportion among SST neurons. These findings establish that modulation of neuronal activity by locomotion is context-dependent and contest the generality of a disinhibitory circuit for gain control of sensory responses by behavioral state.

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  1. Janelle MP Pakan

    Centre for Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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  2. Scott C Lowe

    Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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  3. Evelyn Dylda

    Centre for Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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  4. Sander W Keemink

    Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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  5. Stephen P Currie

    Centre for Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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  6. Christopher A Coutts

    Centre for Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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  7. Nathalie LI Rochefort

    Centre for Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Funding

Wellcome (102857/Z/13/Z)

  • Nathalie LI Rochefort

EuroSpin Erasmus Mundus Program

  • Sander W Keemink

Royal Society (102857/Z/13/Z)

  • Nathalie LI Rochefort

European Commission (Marie Curie Actions (FP7), MC-CIG 631770)

  • Nathalie LI Rochefort

Patrick Wild Centre

  • Nathalie LI Rochefort

The Shirley Foundation

  • Nathalie LI Rochefort

RS MacDonald Charitable Trust (Seedcorn Grant 21)

  • Nathalie LI Rochefort

University Of Edinburgh (Graduate School of Life Sciences)

  • Evelyn Dylda

European Commission (Marie Curie Actions (FP7), IEF 624461)

  • Janelle MP Pakan

EPSRC Doctoral Training Centre in Neuroinformatics (EP/F500385/1 and BB/F529254/1)

  • Sander W Keemink

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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  1. Thomas D Mrsic-Flogel, University of Basel, Switzerland

Ethics

Animal experimentation: All procedures were approved by the University of Edinburgh animal welfare committee, and were performed under a UK Home Office Project License (PPL No. 60/4570).

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  1. Received: February 3, 2016
  2. Accepted: August 22, 2016
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: August 23, 2016 (version 1)
  4. Accepted Manuscript updated: September 2, 2016 (version 2)
  5. Accepted Manuscript updated: September 9, 2016 (version 3)
  6. Version of Record published: September 20, 2016 (version 4)
  7. Version of Record updated: September 6, 2017 (version 5)

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© 2016, Pakan et al.

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  1. Janelle MP Pakan
  2. Scott C Lowe
  3. Evelyn Dylda
  4. Sander W Keemink
  5. Stephen P Currie
  6. Christopher A Coutts
  7. Nathalie LI Rochefort
(2016)
Behavioral-state modulation of inhibition is context-dependent and cell type specific in mouse visual cortex
eLife 5:e14985.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.14985

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