title: Contribution of parvalbumin and somatostatin-expressing GABAergic neurons to slow oscillations and the balance in beta-gamma oscillations across cortical layers.
abstract: Cortical interneurons are classified into several subtypes that contribute to cortical oscillatory activity. Parvalbumin (PV)-expressing cells, a type of inhibitory interneuron, are involved in the gamma oscillations of local field potentials (LFPs). Under ketamine-xylazine anesthesia or sleep, mammalian cortical circuits exhibit slow oscillations in which the active-up state and silent-down state alternate at ~1 Hz. The up state is composed of various high-frequency oscillations, including gamma oscillations. However, it is unclear how PV cells and somatostatin (SOM) cells contribute to the slow oscillations and the high-frequency oscillations nested in the up state. To address these questions, we used mice lacking glutamate decarboxylase 67, primarily in PV cells (PV-GAD67 mice) or in SOM cells (SOM-GAD67 mice). We then compared LFPs between PV-GAD67 mice and SOM-GAD67 mice. PV cells target the proximal regions of pyramidal cells, whereas SOM cells are dendrite-preferring interneurons. We found that the up state was shortened in duration in the PV-GAD67 mice, but tended to be longer in SOM-GAD67 mice. Firing rate tended to increase in PV-GAD67 mice, but tended to decrease in SOM-GAD67 mice. We also found that delta oscillations tended to increase in SOM-GAD67 mice, but tended to decrease in PV-GAD67 mice. Current source density and wavelet analyses were performed to determine the depth profiles of various high-frequency oscillations. High gamma and ripple (60-200 Hz) power decreased in the neocortical upper layers specifically in PV-GAD67 mice, but not in SOM-GAD67. In addition, beta power (15-30 Hz) increased in the deep layers, specifically in PV-GAD67 mice. These results suggest that PV cells play important roles in persistence of the up state and in the balance between gamma and beta bands across cortical layers, whereas SOM and PV cells may make an asymmetric contribution to regulate up-state and delta oscillations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshinobu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuki
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetic and Behavioral Neuroscience, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine Maebashi, Japan ; Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine Maebashi, Japan ; Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujihara
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetic and Behavioral Neuroscience, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine Maebashi, Japan ; Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miwa
authors.affiliation: Department of Morphological Neural Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University Kumamoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Nobuaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tamamaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetic and Behavioral Neuroscience, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine Maebashi, Japan ; Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuchio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yanagawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University Sendai, Japan ; Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mushiake
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004594:Electrophysiology; D059330:GABAergic Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D007395:Interneurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D019579:Neocortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D010320:Parvalbumins / Q000378:metabolism; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010320:Parvalbumins; D013004:Somatostatin
keywords: CSD; PV cells; beta oscillation; gamma oscillation; mouse; neocortex; slow oscillation; wavelet analysis