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Synaptic conductance estimates of the connection between local inhibitor interneurons and pyramidal neurons in layer 2/3 of a cortical column

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Sakmann,  Bert
Emeritus Group: Cortical Column in silico / Sakmann, MPI of Neurobiology, Max Planck Society;

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Helmstaedter,  Moritz
Department of Cell Physiology, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Max Planck Society;

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Hoffmann, J. H. O., Meyer, H. S., Schmitt, A. C., Straehle, J., Weitbrecht, T., Sakmann, B., et al. (2015). Synaptic conductance estimates of the connection between local inhibitor interneurons and pyramidal neurons in layer 2/3 of a cortical column. Cerebral Cortex, 25(11), 4415-4429. doi:10.1093/cercor/bhv039.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000A-6123-1
Abstract
Stimulation of a principal whisker yields sparse action potential (AP) spiking in layer 2/3 (L2/3) pyramidal neurons in a cortical column of rat barrel cortex. The low AP rates in pyramidal neurons could be explained by activation of interneurons in L2/3 providing inhibition onto L2/3 pyramidal neurons. L2/3 interneurons classified as local inhibitors based on their axonal projection in the same column were reported to receive strong excitatory input from spiny neurons in L4, which are also the main source of the excitatory input to L2/3 pyramidal neurons. Here, we investigated the remaining synaptic connection in this intracolumnar microcircuit. We found strong and reliable inhibitory synaptic transmission between intracolumnar L2/3 local-inhibitor-to-L2/3 pyramidal neuron pairs [inhibitory postsynaptic potential (IPSP) amplitude -0.88 +/- 0.67mV]. On average, 6.2 +/- 2 synaptic contacts were made by L2/3 local inhibitors onto L2/3 pyramidal neurons at 107 +/- 64 mu m path distance from the pyramidal neuron soma, thus overlapping with the distribution of synaptic contacts from L4 spiny neurons onto L2/3 pyramidal neurons (67 +/- 34 mu m). Finally, using compartmental simulations, we determined the synaptic conductance per synaptic contact to be 0.77 +/- 0.4 nS. We conclude that the synaptic circuit from L4 to L2/3 can provide efficient shunting inhibition that is temporally and spatially aligned with the excitatory input from L4 to L2/3.