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The Journal of Neurophysiology Vol. 80 No. 4 October 1998,
pp. 1828-1838
Copyright ©1998 The American Physiological Society
Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6074
Dutar, Patrick, Huan M. Vu, and David J. Perkel. Multiple cell types distinguished by physiological, pharmacological, and anatomic properties in nucleus HVc of the adult zebra finch. J. Neurophysiol. 80: 1828-1838, 1998. Nucleus HVc of the songbird is a distinct forebrain region that is essential for song production and shows selective responses to complex auditory stimuli. Two neuronal populations within HVc give rise to its efferent projections. One projection, to the robust nucleus of the archistriatum (RA), serves as the primary motor pathway for song production, and can also carry auditory information to RA. The other projection of HVc begins a pathway through the anterior forebrain, (area X 
medial portion of the dorsolateral nucleus of the thalamus (DLM) lateral portion of the magnocellular nucleus of the anterior neostriatum (L-MAN) RA) that is crucial for song learning but, although active during singing, is not essential for adult song production. To test whether these different projection neuron classes have different functional properties, we recorded intracellularly from neurons in nucleus HVc in brain slices. We observed at least three classes of neuron based on intrinsic physiological and pharmacological properties as well as on synaptic inputs. We also examined the morphological properties of the cells by filling recorded neurons with neurobiotin. The different physiological cell types correspond to separate populations based on their soma size, dendritic extent, and axonal projection. Thus HVc neurons projecting to area X have large somata, show little spike-frequency adaptation, a hyperpolarizing response to the metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) agonist (1S,3R)-trans-1-aminocyclopentane-1,3-dicarboxylic acid (ACPD), and exhibit a slow inhibitory postsynaptic potential (IPSP) following tetanic stimulation. Those HVc neurons projecting to motor nucleus RA have smaller somata, show strong accommodation, are not consistently hyperpolarized by ACPD, and exhibit no slow IPSP. A third, rarely recorded class of neurons fire in a sustained fashion at very high-frequency and may be interneurons. Thus the neuronal classes within HVc have different functional properties, which may be important for carrying specific information to their postsynaptic targets.
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