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Neuronal pacemaker for breathing visualized in vitro

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  • Naohiro Koshiya

    (Cellular and Systems Neurobiology Section, Laboratory of Neural Control, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health)

  • Jeffrey C. Smith

    (Cellular and Systems Neurobiology Section, Laboratory of Neural Control, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health)

Abstract

Breathing movements in mammals arise from a rhythmic pattern of neural activity, thought to originate in the pre-Bötzinger complex1 in the lower brainstem. The mechanisms generating the neural rhythm in this region are unknown2,3,4,5. The central question is whether the rhythm is generated by a network of bursting pacemaker neurons coupled by excitatory synapses that synchronize pacemaker activity. Here we visualized the activity of inspiratory pacemaker neurons at single-cell and population levels with calcium-sensitive dye. We developed methods to label these neurons retrogradely with the dye in neonatal rodent brainstem slices that retain the rhythmically active respiratory network. We simultaneously used infrared structural imaging to allow patch-clamp recording from the identified neurons. After we pharmacologically blocked glutamatergic synaptic transmission, a subpopulation of inspiratory neurons continued to burst rhythmically but asynchronously. The intrinsic bursting frequency of these pacemaker neurons depended on the baseline membrane potential, providing a cellular mechanism for respiratory frequency control. These results provide evidence that the neuronal kernel for rhythm generation consists of a network of synaptically-coupled pacemaker neurons.

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  • Naohiro Koshiya & Jeffrey C. Smith, 1999. "Neuronal pacemaker for breathing visualized in vitro," Nature, Nature, vol. 400(6742), pages 360-363, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:400:y:1999:i:6742:d:10.1038_22540
    DOI: 10.1038/22540
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    1. Yao, Chenggui & Yao, Yuangen & Qian, Yu & Xu, Xufan, 2022. "Temperature-controlled propagation of spikes in neuronal networks," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 164(C).
    2. Coralie Hérent & Séverine Diem & Giovanni Usseglio & Gilles Fortin & Julien Bouvier, 2023. "Upregulation of breathing rate during running exercise by central locomotor circuits in mice," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-17, December.
    3. Yao, Chenggui & Sun, JianQiang & Jin, Jun & Shuai, Jianwei & Li, Xiang & Yao, Yuangen & Xu, Xufan, 2023. "The power law statistics of the spiking timing in a neuronal network," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 172(C).

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