Time constants of h current in layer ii stellate cells differ along the dorsal to ventral axis of medial entorhinal cortex.
Chronic recordings in the medial entorhinal cortex of behaving rats have found grid cells, neurons that fire when the rat is in a hexagonal array of locations. Grid cells recorded at different dorsal-ventral anatomical positions show systematic changes in size and spacing of firing fields. To test possible mechanisms underlying these differences, we analyzed properties of the hyperpolarization-activated cation current I(h) in voltage-clamp recordings from stellate cells in entorhinal slices from different dorsal-ventral locations. The time constant of h current was significantly different between dorsal and ventral neurons. The time constant of h current correlated with membrane potential oscillation frequency and the time constant of the sag potential in the same neurons. Differences in h current could underlie differences in membrane potential oscillation properties and contribute to grid cell periodicity along the dorsal-ventral axis of medial entorhinal cortex.
Giocomo
Lisa M
LM
Center for Memory and Brain, Program in Neuroscience and Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. giocomo@gmail.com
Hasselmo
Michael E
ME
D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001683:Biological Clocks / Q000502:physiology; D027682:Cation Transport Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D018728:Entorhinal Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007395:Interneurons / Q000502:physiology*; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D051381:Rats; D020318:Rats, Long-Evans; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors
D027682:Cation Transport Proteins; D007473:Ion Channels
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