Activation of the Cholinergic System Endows Compositional Properties to Striatal Cell Assemblies


Por: Carrillo-Reid, L, Tecuapetla, F, Ibanez-Sandoval, O, Hernandez-Cruz, A, Galarraga, E, Bargas, J

Publicada: 1 feb 2009
Resumen:
Carillo-Reid L, Tecuapetla F, Ibanez-Sandoval O, Hernandez-Cruz A, Galarraga E, Bargas J. Activation of the cholinergic system endows compositional properties to striatal cell assemblies. J Neurophysiol 101: 737-749, 2009. First published November 19, 2008; doi:10.1152/jn.90975.2008. Striatal cell assemblies are thought to encode network states related to associative learning, procedural memory, and the sequential organization of behavior. Cholinergic neurotransmission modulates memory processes in the striatum and other brain structures. This work asks if the activity of striatal microcircuits observed in living nervous tissue, with attributes similar to cell assemblies, exhibit some of the properties proposed to be necessary to compose memory traces. Accordingly, we used whole cell and calcium-imaging techniques to investigate the cholinergic modulation of striatal neuron pools that have been reported to exhibit several properties expected from cell assemblies such as synchronous sta

Filiaciones:
Carrillo-Reid, L:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Dept Biofis, Inst Fisiol Celular, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico

Tecuapetla, F:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Dept Biofis, Inst Fisiol Celular, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico

Ibanez-Sandoval, O:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Dept Biofis, Inst Fisiol Celular, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico

Hernandez-Cruz, A:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Dept Biofis, Inst Fisiol Celular, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico

Galarraga, E:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Dept Biofis, Inst Fisiol Celular, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico

Bargas, J:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Dept Biofis, Inst Fisiol Celular, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
ISSN: 00223077





JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
Editorial
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC, 9650 ROCKVILLE PIKE, BETHESDA, MD 20814 USA, Estados Unidos America
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 101 Número: 2
Páginas: 737-749
WOS Id: 000263120300022
ID de PubMed: 19019973