Network mechanisms of theta related neuronal activity in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons.

ABSTRACT: Although hippocampal theta oscillations represent a prime example of temporal coding in the mammalian brain, little is known about the specific biophysical mechanisms. Intracellular recordings support a particular abstract oscillatory interference model of hippocampal theta activity, the soma-dendrite interference model. To gain insight into the cellular and circuit level mechanisms of theta activity, we implemented a similar form of interference using the actual hippocampal network in mice in vitro. We found that pairing increasing levels of phasic dendritic excitation with phasic stimulation of perisomatic projecting inhibitory interneurons induced a somatic polarization and action potential timing profile that reproduced most common features. Alterations in the temporal profile of inhib

SUBMITTER: Losonczy A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2921679 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature