High-frequency network oscillations in cerebellar cortex.
Both cerebellum and neocortex receive input from the somatosensory system. Interaction between these regions has been proposed to underpin the correct selection and execution of motor commands, but it is not clear how such interactions occur. In neocortex, inputs give rise to population rhythms, providing a spatiotemporal coding strategy for inputs and consequent outputs. Here, we show that similar patterns of rhythm generation occur in cerebellum during nicotinic receptor subtype activation. Both gamma oscillations (30-80 Hz) and very fast oscillations (VFOs, 80-160 Hz) were generated by intrinsic cerebellar cortical circuitry in the absence of functional glutamatergic connections. As in neocortex, gamma rhythms were dependent on GABA(A) receptor-mediated inhibition, whereas VFOs required only nonsynaptically connected intercellular networks. The ability of cerebellar cortex to generate population rhythms within the same frequency bands as neocortex suggests that they act as a common spatiotemporal code within which corticocerebellar dialog may occur.
Institute of Neuroscience, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK.
Steven J
SJ
Middleton
Claudia
C
Racca
Mark O
MO
Cunningham
Roger D
RD
Traub
Hannah
H
Monyer
Thomas
T
Knöpfel
Ian S
IS
Schofield
Alistair
A
Jenkins
Miles A
MA
Whittington
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D018756:GABA Antagonists; D018722:Nicotinic Agonists; D011724:Pyridazines; D026941:Sodium Channel Blockers; D013779:Tetrodotoxin; D009538:Nicotine; C049853:gabazine; D002229:Carbenoxolone