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J Neurophysiol 86: 703-716, 2001;
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The Journal of Neurophysiology Vol. 86 No. 2 August 2001, pp. 703-716
Copyright ©2001 by the American Physiological Society

Resonance of Spike Discharge Modulation in Neurons of the Guinea Pig Medial Vestibular Nucleus

L. Ris,2 M. Hachemaoui,1 N. Vibert,1 E. Godaux,2 P. P. Vidal,1 and L. E. Moore1

 1Laboratoire de Neurobiologie des Réseaux Sensorimoteurs, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris 5, ESA 7060, 75270 Paris Cedex 06, France; and  2Laboratory of Neurosciences, University of Mons-Hainaut, B-7000 Mons, Belgium

Ris, L., M. Hachemaoui, N. Vibert, E. Godaux, P. P. Vidal, and L. E. Moore. Resonance of Spike Discharge Modulation in Neurons of the Guinea Pig Medial Vestibular Nucleus. J. Neurophysiol. 86: 703-716, 2001. The modulation of action potential discharge rates is an important aspect of neuronal information processing. In these experiments, we have attempted to determine how effectively spike discharge modulation reflects changes in the membrane potential in central vestibular neurons. We have measured how their spike discharge rate was modulated by various current inputs to obtain neuronal transfer functions. Differences in the modulation of spiking rates were observed between neurons with a single, prominent after hyperpolarization (AHP, type A neurons) and cells with more complex AHPs (type B neurons). The spike discharge modulation amplitudes increased with the frequency of the current stimulus, which was quantitatively described by a neuronal model that showed a resonance peak >10 Hz. Modeling of the resonance peak required two putative potassium conductances whose properties had to be markedly dependent on the level of the membrane potential. At low frequencies (<= 0.4 Hz), the gain or magnitude functions of type A and B discharge rates were similar relative to the current input. However, resting input resistances obtained from the ratio of the membrane potential and current were lower in type B compared with type A cells, presumably due to a higher level of active potassium conductances at rest. The lower input resistance of type B neurons was compensated by a twofold greater sensitivity of their firing rate to changes in membrane potential, which suggests that synaptic inputs on their dendritic processes would be more efficacious. This increased sensitivity is also reflected in a greater ability of type B neurons to synchronize with low-amplitude sinusoidal current inputs, and in addition, their responses to steep slope ramp stimulation are enhanced over the more linear behavior of type A neurons. This behavior suggests that the type B MVNn are moderately tuned active filters that promote high-frequency responses and that type A neurons are like low-pass filters that are well suited for the resting tonic activity of the vestibular system. However, the more sensitive and phasic type B neurons contribute to both low- and high-frequency control as well as signal detection and would amplify the contribution of both irregular and regular primary afferents at high frequencies.




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