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dc.contributor.authorPicton, Laurence D.
dc.contributor.authorSillar, Keith T.
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Hong-Yan
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-19T11:30:07Z
dc.date.available2018-12-19T11:30:07Z
dc.date.issued2018-12-17
dc.identifier256418597
dc.identifier803c47cb-fba0-495a-bbf0-bc65495874e0
dc.identifier85058235707
dc.identifier000453543800020
dc.identifier.citationPicton , L D , Sillar , K T & Zhang , H-Y 2018 , ' Control of Xenopus tadpole locomotion via selective expression of Ih in excitatory interneurons ' , Current Biology , vol. 28 , no. 24 , pp. 3911-3923 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.10.048en
dc.identifier.issn0960-9822
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0003-0171-3814/work/64393772
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/16721
dc.descriptionThe authors are grateful for the support of the Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council (BBSRC) [grant number BB/J01446X/1 and BB/M024946/1] and the Wellcome Trust-University of Edinburgh Institutional Strategic Support Fund (ISSF).en
dc.description.abstractLocomotion relies on the coordinated activity of rhythmic neurons in the hindbrain and spinal cord, and depends critically on the intrinsic properties of excitatory interneurons. Therefore, understanding how ion channels sculpt the properties of these interneurons, and the consequences for circuit function and behavior, is an important task. The hyperpolarization-activated cation current, Ih, is known to play important roles in shaping neuronal properties and for rhythm generation in many neuronal networks. We show in stage 42 Xenopus laevis frog tadpoles that Ih is strongly expressed only in excitatory descending interneurons (dINs), an important ipsilaterally projecting population that drives swimming activity. The voltage-dependent HCN channel blocker ZD7288 completely abolished a prominent depolarising sag potential in response to hyperpolarization, the hallmark of Ih, and hyperpolarized dINs. ZD7288 also affected dIN post-inhibitory rebound firing, upon which locomotor rhythm generation relies, and disrupted locomotor output. Block of Ih also unmasked an activity-dependent ultraslow afterhyperpolarization (usAHP) in dINs following swimming, mediated by a dynamic Na/K pump current. This usAHP, unmasked in dINs by ZD7288, resulted in suprathreshold stimuli failing to evoke swimming at short inter-swim intervals, indicating an important role for Ih in maintaining swim generation capacity and in setting the post-swim refractory period of the network. Collectively, our data suggest that the selective expression of Ih in dINs determines specific dIN properties that are important for rhythm generation and counteracts an activity- dependent usAHP to ensure that dINs can maintain coordinated swimming over a wide range of inter-swim intervals.
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dc.format.extent3485121
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofCurrent Biologyen
dc.subjectlhen
dc.subjectHCN channelsen
dc.subjectAfterhyperpolarizationen
dc.subjectNa/K pumpen
dc.subjectXenopusen
dc.subjectCentral Pattern Generatoren
dc.subjectRC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatryen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subjectBDCen
dc.subject.lccRC0321en
dc.titleControl of Xenopus tadpole locomotion via selective expression of Ih in excitatory interneuronsen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Psychology and Neuroscienceen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciencesen
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.cub.2018.10.048
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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