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Parvalbumin-Expressing Inhibitory Interneurons in Auditory Cortex Are Well-Tuned for Frequency

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Moore, Alexandra K., Wehr, Michael·2013·The Journal of Neuroscience

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In the auditory cortex, synaptic inhibition is known to be involved in shaping receptive fields, enhancing temporal precision, and regulating gain. Cortical inhibition is provided by local GABAergic interneurons, which comprise 10–20% of the cortical population and can be separated into numerous subclasses. The morphological and physiological diversity of interneurons suggests that these different subclasses have unique roles in sound processing; however, these roles are yet unknown. Understanding the receptive field properties of distinct inhibitory cell types will be critical to elucidating their computational function in cortical circuits. Here we characterized the tuning and response properties of parvalbumin-positive (PV+) interneurons, the largest inhibitory subclass. We used channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2) as an optogenetic tag to identify PV+ and PV− neurons in vivo in transgenic mice. In contrast to PV+ neurons in mouse visual cortex, which are broadly tuned for orientation, we found that auditory cortical PV+ neurons were well tuned for frequency, although very tightly tuned PV+ cells were uncommon. This suggests that PV+ neurons play a minor role in shaping frequency tuning, and is consistent with the idea that PV+ neurons nonselectively pool input from the local network. PV+ interneurons had shallower response gain and were less intensity-tuned than PV− neurons, suggesting that PV+ neurons provide dynamic gain control and shape intensity tuning in auditory cortex. PV+ neurons also had markedly faster response latencies than PV− neurons, consistent with a computational role in enhancing the temporal precision of cortical responses.

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  • PV-positive neurons in auditory cortex are tuned to sound frequency to a similar degree as nearby PV-negative neurons.

    “PV-positive neurons in auditory cortex are tuned to sound frequency to a similar degree as nearby PV-negative neurons (Moore and Wehr, 2013).”

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  • GABAergic signaling is involved in shaping frequency selectivity, spontaneous activity levels and spectrotemporal selectivity, with fast-spiking PV cells shaping both spectral and temporal selectivity.

    “GABAergic signaling is involved in shaping these properties, with fast-spiking PV cells shaping both spectral and temporal selectivity (Moore and Wehr, 2012).”

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Authors
Moore, A. K., & Wehr, M.
Affiliations
University of Oregon (US)
Venue
The Journal of Neuroscience
Published
2013-08-21
Volume
33
Issue
34
Pages
13713-13723
ISSN
  • 0270-6474 (ISSN-L)
  • 1529-2401
OpenAlex
W2065355492
Cited by
225
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10.57
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journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Journal of Neuroscience (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Whitehall Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (R01DC011379)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Sensory Systems › Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
Keywords
parvalbumin interneurons, auditory cortex, frequency tuning, GABAergic interneurons, cortical inhibition, receptive fields, gain control, response latency, temporal precision, channelrhodopsin-2
MeSH terms
Channelrhodopsins, Acoustic Stimulation, Action Potentials, Animals, Auditory Cortex, Auditory Perception, Female, Interneurons, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Transgenic, Neural Inhibition, Parvalbumins, Photic Stimulation, Reaction Time, Patch-Clamp Techniques, Statistics, Nonparametric, Green Fluorescent Proteins, Mice, Optogenetics

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