期刊
CEREBRAL CORTEX
卷 29, 期 4, 页码 1414-1429出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhy038
关键词
connexin 36; electron microscopy; GABAergic neuron; mouse; somatosensory cortex
资金
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [24300127, 15K14334, 16KT0174]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [16H05135, 16KT0174, 15K14334] Funding Source: KAKEN
Parvalbumin (PV)-positive interneurons form dendritic gap junctions with one another, but the connectivity among gap junction-coupled dendrites remains uninvestigated in most neocortical areas. We visualized gap junctions in layer 4 of the mouse barrel cortex and examined their structural details. PV neurons were divided into 4 types based on the location of soma and dendrites within or outside barrels. Type 1 neurons that had soma and all dendrites inside a barrel, considered most specific to single vibrissa-derived signals, unexpectedly formed gap junctions only with other types but never with each other. Type 2 neurons inside a barrel elongated dendrites outward, forming gap junctions within a column that contained the home barrel. Type 3 neurons located outside barrels established connections with all types including Type 4 neurons that were confined inside the inter-barrel septa. The majority (33/38, 86.8%) of dendritic gap junctions were within 75 mu m from at least 1 of 2 paired somata. All types received vesicular glutamate transporter 2-positive axon terminals preferentially on somata and proximal dendrites, indicating the involvement of all types in thalamocortical feedforward regulation in which proximal gap junctions may also participate. These structural organizations provide a new morphological basis for regulatory mechanisms in barrel cortex.
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