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Contribution of apical and basal dendrites to orientation encoding in mouse V1 L2/3 pyramidal neurons

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  • Jiyoung Park

    (Harvard Medical School
    Baylor College of Medicine)

  • Athanasia Papoutsi

    (Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Vassilika Vouton)

  • Ryan T. Ash

    (Harvard Medical School
    Baylor College of Medicine
    Stanford University)

  • Miguel A. Marin

    (Baylor College of Medicine
    University of California)

  • Panayiota Poirazi

    (Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Vassilika Vouton)

  • Stelios M. Smirnakis

    (Harvard Medical School)

Abstract

Pyramidal neurons integrate synaptic inputs from basal and apical dendrites to generate stimulus-specific responses. It has been proposed that feed-forward inputs to basal dendrites drive a neuron’s stimulus preference, while feedback inputs to apical dendrites sharpen selectivity. However, how a neuron’s dendritic domains relate to its functional selectivity has not been demonstrated experimentally. We performed 2-photon dendritic micro-dissection on layer-2/3 pyramidal neurons in mouse primary visual cortex. We found that removing the apical dendritic tuft did not alter orientation-tuning. Furthermore, orientation-tuning curves were remarkably robust to the removal of basal dendrites: ablation of 2 basal dendrites was needed to cause a small shift in orientation preference, without significantly altering tuning width. Computational modeling corroborated our results and put limits on how orientation preferences among basal dendrites differ in order to reproduce the post-ablation data. In conclusion, neuronal orientation-tuning appears remarkably robust to loss of dendritic input.

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  • Jiyoung Park & Athanasia Papoutsi & Ryan T. Ash & Miguel A. Marin & Panayiota Poirazi & Stelios M. Smirnakis, 2019. "Contribution of apical and basal dendrites to orientation encoding in mouse V1 L2/3 pyramidal neurons," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 10(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:10:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-019-13029-0
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13029-0
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    1. Wei Chen & Ryan G. Natan & Yuhan Yang & Shih-Wei Chou & Qinrong Zhang & Ehud Y. Isacoff & Na Ji, 2021. "In vivo volumetric imaging of calcium and glutamate activity at synapses with high spatiotemporal resolution," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-12, December.

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