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Dendritic Ca2+ dynamics and multimodal processing in a cricket antennal interneuron.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Bayley, Timothy George 

Abstract

The integration of stimuli of different modalities is fundamental to information processing within the nervous system. A descending interneuron in the cricket brain, with prominent dendrites in the deutocerebrum, receives input from three sensory modalities: touch of the antennal flagellum, strain of the antennal base, and visual stimulation. Using calcium imaging, we demonstrate that each modality drives a Ca2+ increase in a different dendritic region. Moreover, touch of the flagellum is represented in a topographic map along the neuron's dendrites. Using intracellular recording, we investigated the effects of Ca2+ on spike shape through the application of the Ca2+ channel antagonist Cd2+ and identified probable Ca2+-dependent K+ currents. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Different dendritic regions of the cricket brain neuron DBNi1-2 showed localized Ca2+ increases when three modalities of stimulation (touch of the flagellum, strain at antennal base, and visual input) were given. Touch stimulation induces localized Ca2+ increases according to a topographic map of the antenna. Ca2+ appears to activate K+ currents in DBNi1-2.

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Keywords

Ca2+ imaging, dendritic processing, multimodal stimulation, Action Potentials, Animals, Arthropod Antennae, Brain, Cadmium, Calcium, Calcium Channel Blockers, Calcium Channels, Calcium Signaling, Dendrites, Female, Flagella, Gryllidae, Interneurons, Male, Optical Imaging, Photic Stimulation, Potassium Channels, Calcium-Activated, Touch

Journal Title

J Neurophysiol

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Journal ISSN

0022-3077
1522-1598

Volume Title

120

Publisher

American Physiological Society
Sponsorship
PhD studentship of MRCUK