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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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An in vivo electrophysiological and computational analysis of hippocampal synaptic changes in the Alzheimer's disease mouse

Squirrell, Daniel January 2015 (has links)
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder resulting in the decline of cognitive function, memory formation and retrieval, and abrupt changes in personality. Damage to brain networks occur during prodromal stages of AD, prior to the development of clinical symptoms of dementia. Further characterising this state and identifying reliable biomarkers for early detection are priorities in AD research. I characterised neuronal changes within the dorsal CA1 and subiculum regions of the hippocampal formation (HF) in the well-characterised 3xTgAD mouse model of AD. These regions are well-established sites for early neurodegeneration in both AD patients and AD animal models. We inserted multi-electrode recording arrays into CA1 and subiculum of urethane anaesthetised 3xTgAD mice and recorded spontaneous local field potential activity. Using traditional and novel information theoretic approaches, I determined the information carrying capacity of the CA1- subiculum network during different network rhythms, and how this altered with age and AD-like pathology. A bipolar stimulating electrode was inserted into CA1, allowing the assessment of synaptic integrity between CA1 and subiculum. Results showed that synaptic and network changes occur in CA1 and subiculum during the early stages of AD-like pathology and correlates with the development of intracellular beta-amyloid. There is a progressive breakdown in synaptic facilitation as early as 3 months in the 3xTgAD mouse. These data support an advanced ageing-like phenotype in AD model mice, with an enhanced age/pathology-dependent breakdown in neuronal communication compared to age-matched controls. In agreement with other studies, 3xTgAD mice demonstrate evidence of pathology-related changes in the network rhythms of the HF. 3xTgAD mice show an increase in the power of alpha and beta rhythms, and a concurrent reduction in the power of delta oscillations. Application of novel information theoretic techniques results in a breakdown in the information carrying capacity of the hippocampal system. This deficit manifests as a reduction in information flow during delta-dominant periods of EEG rhythms, with a specific reduction during slow-wave ripple activity. This change in neuronal communication correlates with the onset of memory-retention/consolidation deficits. These network changes are complex, with alterations in the information carrying capacity of the system during theta rhythms at 6 months, and during slow-wave components by 9 months in the 3xTgAD mouse. This study provides the first evidence of an early and progressive decline in neuronal connectivity and communication that correlates with changes in cognition in the 3xTgAD mouse. Application of novel analytical techniques to multi-site EEG recording revealed early and measureable changes in information processing during the onset of AD-like pathology. These are important new biomarkers for early AD characterisation.
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Functional specialisation of GABAergic cells in the basolateral amygdala

Bienvenu, Thomas Claude Michel January 2011 (has links)
The amygdala, in particular its basolateral part (BLA), plays a critical role in binding affective qualities to otherwise neutral stimuli, and in eliciting emotional behaviors. Plasticity of inputs to BLA projection neurons involved in emotional memory has been extensively studied. However, how BLA neurons collectively process sensory information to encode and stabilize emotional memories is unknown. Precise coordination of BLA network activities seems critical. Specifically, timed integration of salient stimuli, and synchrony with hippocampal theta oscillations appear to be important. Recent reports suggest that GABAergic neurons may be instrumental in shaping ensemble activity in the BLA. Studies of neocortex and hippocampus showed that diverse GABAergic interneuron types play highly specific roles in coordinating network operations. The presence of similar interneuron populations in the BLA suggests comparable mechanism may govern its activities. However, GABAergic cell types and their functions have not been characterized.
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Traitement des informations thalamiques au travers des ganglions de la base : approche électrophysiologique et optogénétique in vivo / Treatment of thalamic information through the basal ganglia : combining electrophysiology and optogenetics in vivo

Hanini-Daoud, Maroua 16 December 2016 (has links)
Le centre médian/parafasciculaire (CM/Pf) du thalamus a récemment émergé comme un élément d'intérêt dans le contexte de la maladie de Parkinson. Ainsi le fonctionnement normal et pathologique des GB ne peut pas être pleinement élucidé sans qu'il ne soit pris en considération. Dans ce contexte, nous avons analysé le transfert des informations thalamiques dans les GB en enregistrant, in vivo, les réponses évoquées au niveau de la structure de sortie des GB, la substantce noire pars reticulata (SNr) soit par la stimulation électrique ou optogénétique du CM/Pf. Ensuite, nous avons étudié les composantes des GB impliquées dans ces réponses en analysant les réponses évoquées par l'activation optogenetique spécifique des voies thalamo-striée, thalamo-subthalamique ou thalamo-nigrale. À la fois l'activation électrique et optogenetique du CM/Pf évoquent des réponses complexes dans la SNr qui sont composées d'une inhibition qui peut être précédée et/ou suivie d'excitations. L'inhibition et l'excitation tardive dépendent de l'activation des voies trans-striatales, alors que les premières excitations mettent en jeu les voies thalamo-subthalamique et thalamo-nigrale. Nous avons également étudié l'impact des interneurones cholinergiques du striatum ainsi que les afférences dopaminergiques sur le transfert des informations thalamiques dans les GB. Pour ce faire, nous avons enregistré les réponses évoquées au niveau des neurones de projection du striatum suite à la stimulation électrique du CM/Pf avec ou sans l'inhibition optogénétique des CINs. Nous serons alors en mesure de déterminer comment les CINs sont impliqués dans le transfert des informations thalamiques au sein des GB. / The centre median/parafascicular (CM/Pf) of the thalamus has recently emerged as a component of interest in the context of Parkinson’s disease. Thus normal and pathological dynamics of BG cannot be fully understood unless it is taken into account. Here, we analyzed the transfer of CM/Pf information through BG by recording, in vivo, the evoked responses of BG output neurons in the substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr) to either electrical or optogenetic CM/Pf stimulations. Then, we investigated the BG components involved in these responses by analyzing the responses evoked by specific optogenetic activation of the thalamo-striatal, thalamo-subthalamic or thalamo-nigral pathways. Both electrical and optogenetic activation of CM/Pf evoke complex responses in SNr that are composed of an inhibition that can be preceded and/or followed by excitations. The inhibition and the late excitation rely on the activation of the trans-striatal pathways, whereas the early excitations involve thalamo-subthalamic and thalamo-nigral projections. We are currently analyzing whether and how the striatal cholinergic interneurons (CINs) and the dopaminergic afferent system modulate the transfer of thalamic information within the BG. For the second part of my project, we analyzed the treatment of thalamic information from CM/Pf at the level of the striatum. To do this, we recorded the evoked responses of striatal projection neurons by the electrical stimulation of the CM/Pf with or without the inhibition of the CINs by optogenetics. We will then be able to determine how CINs are involved in the transfer of thalamic information at the level of the striatum.
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Déficits cognitifs et altération de l'activité de réseau au cours de l'épileptogenèse dans un modèle expérimental d'épilepsie du lobe temporal / Cognitive deficits and network alterations during epileptogenesis in an experimental model of temporal lobe epilepsy

Chauviere, Laëtitia 02 April 2010 (has links)
L’épilepsie du lobe temporal (ELT) est la forme d’épilepsie partielle la plus fréquente chez l’adulte. Elle se caractérise par une période de latence pendant laquelle l’ELT se met en place. Cette période est appelée épileptogenèse. L’épileptogenèse reste une période inaccessible chez l’Homme. Cependant, les modèles animaux présentent l’avantage de pouvoir l’étudier, dans le but de prévenir l’ELT. Ainsi, mon travail de thèse a consisté à mettre en évidence des marqueurs prédictifs de l’épileptogenèse, sur le plan cognitif et électrophysiologique in vivo, à partir du modèle pilocarpine. Les résultats ont montré que dès le stade précoce de l’épileptogenèse, des déficits de mémoire spatiale corrélaient avec une diminution de la puissance des oscillations thêta chez les animaux pilocarpine, sans modification jusqu’au stade chronique. Au même stade, une diminution de la puissance et de la fréquence des oscillations thêta lors du comportement d’exploration a été observée. L’activité interictale, activité paroxystique présente chez les patients entre leurs crises et caractéristique du stade épileptogène dans les modèles animaux, ne corrèle pas directement avec les déficits cognitifs mais diminue la puissance des oscillations thêta dans l’onde après la pointe au cours de l’épileptogenèse mais plus au stade chronique, ce qui suggère une importante modification du réseau avant le stade chronique. On a également décrit deux types d’activité interictale dont les propriétés (amplitude, nombre) et la dynamique au cours du temps sont modifiées juste avant la première crise spontanée, ce qui pourrait constituer, comme les déficits spatiaux et l’altération du rythme thêta, un marqueur prédictif de l’épileptogenèse. De plus, une augmentation du couplage entre l’hippocampe et le CE est observée au cours de l’épileptogenèse mais plus au stade chronique, alors qu’une modification du flux de l’information entre ces deux structures au stade épileptogène précoce persiste jusqu’au stade chronique, indépendamment de la présence ou non d’activité interictale. Ces résultats mettent en évidence la construction d’un réseau épileptogène, un changement majeur du réseau avant la première crise spontanée, et des marqueurs qui pourraient être prédictifs de l’épileptogenèse. L’ELT, les oscillations et les fonctions cognitives faisant intervenir des propriétés de réseau, tels les processus de synchronisation, l’enregistrement de 15 structures au sein du lobe temporal a montré, à partir du modèle pilocarpine, un réseau doté de caractéristiques plus « small-world » (SW) qui tendrait à se synchroniser plus localement, avec une perte des connexions longue distance. Ces résultats pourraient expliquer les altérations de réseau observées précédemment au cours de l’épileptogenèse. L’analyse SW et de cohérence, à l’échelle de ce réseau de structures, lors de différents états (comportementaux, processus cognitifs), mettent en évidence des changements de la dynamique lors de ces états, en conditions normales et pathologiques. Toutes ces modifications de réseau doivent être sûrement recrutées dans la mise en place d’un cerveau épileptique et des altérations cognitives associées. / Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most common form of partial epilepsy in adults. TLE is characterized by a latent period during which TLE takes place. This period is called epileptogenesis. In TLE patients, epileptogenesis is unexplored. However, the use of animal models, like pilocarpine model, allows the study of epileptogenic processes, in order to try to prevent TLE. Thus, my PhD work tries to yield some predictive markers of epileptogenesis, in the pilocarpine model. We studied cognitive and electrophysiological in vivo alterations in this model. We showed that there are early and persistent spatial deficits that correlate with a decrease of the power of theta oscillations, i.e. during the early stage of epileptogenesis and the chronic stage. At the same time, there is also a decrease of power and frequency of theta rhythm during exploratory behaviors. Interictal-like activity (ILA) is a pathological activity present during epileptogenesis in experimental models. ILA does not correlate with cognitive deficits, but decreases theta power after the spike, i.e. in its wave, during epileptogenesis but not during the chronic stage anymore. This suggests an important network alteration before the chronic stage. Indeed, we described two types of ILA, whose properties (number, amplitude) and dynamics evolved during epileptogenesis with a major switch just before the first spontaneous seizure. All together, these results may constitute, with spatial deficits and theta rhythm alterations, predictive markers of epileptogenesis. Moreover, we showed an increase in the coupling, ILA-dependent, between the hippocampus and the entorhinal cortex, during epileptogenesis but not during the chronic stage, whereas a reversal of the information flow between these two structures occurs at the early stage of epileptogenesis and persists without any modification till the chronic stage. These results suggest the build-up of an epileptogenic network, a major switch of network properties just before the first spontaneous seizure, and some markers that could be predictive of epileptogenesis. TLE, oscillations and cognition involved processes at the network level, in particular synchronization processes. These processes could be possible via oscillations, which allow information transfer between structures of the network, in order to provide behavioral and cognitive processing. Recordings performed in 15 different structures of the temporal lobe showed, in pilocarpine animals, a network with more “small-world” (SW) features, with a higher local clustering and a loss of long-range connections. These results could explain cognitive and oscillatory alterations observed previously during epileptogenesis. SW and coherence analysis, at the network level, between signals during different brain-states (behaviors and cognitive processes) showed changes in dynamics occurring during these states, in normal and epileptogenic conditions. All these modifications in network activities may be involved in the construction of an epileptic brain and in associated cognitive deficits.

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