title: Rhythmic bursting in the pre-Bötzinger complex: mechanisms and models.
abstract: The pre-Bötzinger complex (pre-BötC), a neural structure involved in respiratory rhythm generation, can generate rhythmic bursting activity in vitro that persists after blockade of synaptic inhibition. Experimental studies have identified two mechanisms potentially involved in this activity: one based on the persistent sodium current (INaP) and the other involving calcium (ICa) and/or calcium-activated nonspecific cation (ICAN) currents. In this modeling study, we investigated bursting generated in single neurons and excitatory neural populations with randomly distributed conductances of INaP and ICa. We analyzed the possible roles of these currents, the Na(+)/K(+) pump, synaptic mechanisms, and network interactions in rhythmic bursting generated under different conditions. We show that a population of synaptically coupled excitatory neurons with randomly distributed INaP- and/or ICAN-mediated burst generating mechanisms can operate in different oscillatory regimes with bursting dependent on either current or independent of both. The existence of multiple oscillatory regimes and their state dependence may explain rhythmic activities observed in the pre-BötC under different conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: rybak@drexel.edu.
authors.forename: Ilya A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Rybak
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Department of Mathematical Sciences, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
authors.forename: Yaroslav I
authors.initials: YI
authors.lastname: Molkov
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Patrick E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Jasinski
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Natalia A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Shevtsova
authors.affiliation: Cellular and Systems Neurobiology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D010507:Periodicity; D012125:Respiratory Center / Q000502:physiology*; D012143:Respiratory Physiological Phenomena
keywords: calcium-activated nonspecific cation current; neural oscillations; persistent sodium current; respiration; sodium–potassium pump
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