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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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Regulation and functions of burst firing: the role of KCNQ3 potassium channels in vivo

Gao, Xiaojie 07 December 2020 (has links)
Ionenkanäle leiten Ionenströme über neuronale Membranen, wodurch Aktionspotentiale erzeugt und weitergeleitet werden. Sie spielen eine zentrale Rolle bei der Regulierung der Erregbarkeit und des Aktivierungsverhaltens von Neuronen. KCNQs sind eine wichtige Familie von spannungsgesteuerten Kaliumkanälen; ihre Dysfunktion kann zu verschiedenen neurologischen Krankheiten führen, einschließlich Erkrankung an Epilepsie und Taubheit. Es wurde gezeigt, dass KCNQ2 und KCNQ3 den M-Strom verantwortlich sind. Letzterer ist für die Regulierung des repetitiven Feuerns von Pyramidenzellen entscheidend. Im Gegensatz zu KCNQ2, ist die funktionelle Bedeutung von KCNQ3 noch nicht aufgeklärt. In dieser Arbeit zeigen wir mittels extrazellulärer Elektrophysiologie in vivo, dass bei konstitutiven Kcnq3 Knockoutmäusen die hippokampalen Pyramidenzellen vermehrt burstartig feuern. Außerdem weisen diese Tiere eine verminderte Spike-Frequenz-Anpassung auf und die Wahrscheinlichkeit des Burst-Feuerns während zwei verschiedener Oszillationen – Theta gegen Nicht-Theta – kann nicht mehr unterscheiden werden. Des Weiteren zeigen Kcnq3-Knockout- Pyramidenzellen während der Theta-Oszillation weder eine dominante Phasenpräferenz, noch eine Koordination ihrer Burst-Feuerung. Die Thetawellen Phasenpräzision tritt weiterhin bei dem vorübergehend verstärkten Feuern auf. Das räumliche selektive Feuern von mutmaßlichen Ortszellen blieb auch bei den Knockout-Mäusen erhalten, aber es ist hauptsächlich vom Burst- Feuern abhängig. Diese Studie zeigt, dass der KCNQ3-Ionenkanal eine wichtige Rolle bei der Regulierung der neuronalen Erregbarkeit und der Informationsverarbeitung spielt, und gibt damit Einblicke in die Bedeutsamkeit der KCNQ3-Ionenkanäle bezüglich der neurologischen Störungen. / Ion channels conduct ion flows across neuronal membrane whereby action potential is generated and propagated. They play a central role in regulating the excitability and firing behavior of a neuron. Among them, the KCNQs present a prominent family of voltage-gated potassium channels. Dysfunction of KCNQ2–5 channels can lead to varied neurological diseases including early onset epilepsy and deafness. In cortex and hippocampus, KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 have been demonstrated to underlie the non-inactivating M-current critical for controlling the repetitive firing of pyramidal cells. However, the functional significance of KCNQ3, unlike that of KCNQ2, remains elusive. Here, by applying in vivo extracellular electrophysiology in Kcnq3 constitutive knockout mice and the wild-type littermates, we find that hippocampal pyramidal cells lacking KCNQ3 exhibit increased burst firing. Moreover, the spike frequency adaptation of their bursts is diminished, and the burst propensity during two different field oscillations – theta versus non-theta – becomes indistinguishable. During theta oscillations, Kcnq3 knockout pyramidal cells no longer display unimodal phase preference and do not coordinate their burst firing. But phase advancement along successive theta cycles continues to occur at times of transiently intensified firing. The selective firing of place cells is largely preserved in the knockout while mainly relying on bursts. These results suggest that KCNQ3 channels indeed play a significant and specific role in regulating the neurons’ excitability and information processing, thus providing crucial mechanistic insights into the relevance of the KCNQ3 channels in neurological disorders.
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The role of interneuronal networks in hippocampal ripple oscillations

Leiva, José Ramón Donoso 05 December 2016 (has links)
Hippokampale Sharp Wave-Ripples (SWRs) sind elektrografische Ereignisse, die für die Konsolidierung von Erinnerungen eine Rolle spielen. Eine SWR ist durch eine schnelle Oszillation (>90 Hz, ''ripple'') charakterisiert, die sich mit der langsameren ''sharp wave'' ( / Hippocampal sharp wave-ripples (SWRs) are electrographic events that have been implicated in memory consolidation. A SWR is characterized by a fast (> 90 Hz) oscillation, the ripple, superimposed on a slow (< 30 Hz) sharp wave. In vivo, the fast component can express frequencies either in the ripple range (140-200 Hz) or fast-gamma range (90-140 Hz). Episodes in both bands exhibit intra-ripple frequency accommodation (IFA). In vitro, ripples are frequency-resistant to GABA modulators. These features constrain the type of mechanisms underlying the generation of the fast component. A prominent hypothesis proposes that a recurrent network of parvalbumin-immunoreactive basket cells (PV+BC) is responsible of setting the ripple frequency. The focus of the present thesis is on testing to which extent the PV+BC network can account for the aforementioned features of SWRs, which remain unexplained. Here, I simulated and analyzed a physiologically constrained in silico model of the PV+BC network in CA1 under different conditions of excitatory drive. The response of the network to transient excitation exhibits both IFA in the ripple band and frequency resistance to GABA modulators. The expression of IFA in the fast gamma band requires the involvement of pyramidal cells in a closed loop with the PV+BC network. The model predicts a peculiar relationship between the instantaneous frequency of ripples and the time course of the excitatory input to CA1. This prediction was confirmed in an in vitro model of SWRs. Additionally, I study the involvement of oriens lacunosum-moleculare interneurons (O-LM) during SWRs in vitro. I characterize the excitatory currents received by O-LM cells during SWRs and investigate the factors that determine their recruitment.

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