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A Computational Modeling Reveals That Strength of Inhibitory Input, E/I Balance, and Distance of Excitatory Input Modulate Thalamocortical Bursting Properties
- Title
- A Computational Modeling Reveals That Strength of Inhibitory Input, E/I Balance, and Distance of Excitatory Input Modulate Thalamocortical Bursting Properties
- Authors
- Park, Sanggeon; Sohn, Jeong-Woo; Cho, Jeiwon; Huh, Yeowool
- Ewha Authors
- 조제원
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 조제원
- Issue Date
- 2019
- Journal Title
- EXPERIMENTAL NEUROBIOLOGY
- ISSN
- 1226-2560
2093-8144
- Citation
- EXPERIMENTAL NEUROBIOLOGY vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 568 - 577
- Keywords
- Computational biology; Thalamus; Sensory gating; T-Type Calcium Channels
- Publisher
- KOREAN SOC BRAIN &
NEURAL SCIENCE, KOREAN SOC NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE
- Indexed
- SCIE; SCOPUS; KCI
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- The thalamus is a brain structure known to modulate sensory information before relaying to the cortex. The unique ability of a thalamocortical (TC) neuron to switch between the high frequency burst firing and single spike tonic firing has been implicated to have a key role in sensory modulation including pain. Of the two firing modes, burst firing, especially maintaining certain burst firing properties, was suggested to be critical in controlling nociceptive behaviors. Therefore, understanding the factors that influence burst firing properties would offer important insight into understanding sensory modulation. Using computational modeling, we investigated how the balance of excitatory and inhibitory inputs into a TC neuron influence TC bursting properties. We found that intensity of inhibitory inputs and the timing of excitatory input delivery control the dynamics of bursting properties. Then, to reflect a more realistic model, excitatory inputs delivered at different dendritic locations proximal, intermediate, or distal-of a TC neuron were also investigated. Interestingly excitatory input delivered into a distal dendrite, despite the furthest distance, had the strongest influence in shaping burst firing properties. suggesting that not all inputs equally contribute to modulating TC bursting properties. Overall, the results provide computational insights in understanding the detailed mechanism of the factors influencing temporal pattern of thalamic bursts.
- DOI
- 10.5607/en.2019.28.5.568
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- 일반대학원 > 뇌·인지과학과 > Journal papers
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