scholarly journals Differential Role for a Defined Lateral Horn Neuron Subset in Naïve Odor Valence in Drosophila

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hadas Lerner ◽  
Eyal Rozenfeld ◽  
Bar Rozenman ◽  
Wolf Huetteroth ◽  
Moshe Parnas
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2021 ◽  
Vol 383 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-123
Author(s):  
Sudeshna Das Chakraborty ◽  
Silke Sachse

AbstractSensing olfactory signals in the environment represents a crucial and significant task of sensory systems in almost all organisms to facilitate survival and reproduction. Notably, the olfactory system of diverse animal phyla shares astonishingly many fundamental principles with regard to anatomical and functional properties. Binding of odor ligands by chemosensory receptors present in the olfactory peripheral organs leads to a neuronal activity that is conveyed to first and higher-order brain centers leading to a subsequent odor-guided behavioral decision. One of the key centers for integrating and processing innate olfactory behavior is the lateral horn (LH) of the protocerebrum in insects. In recent years the LH of Drosophila has garnered increasing attention and many studies have been dedicated to elucidate its circuitry. In this review we will summarize the recent advances in mapping and characterizing LH-specific cell types, their functional properties with respect to odor tuning, their neurotransmitter profiles, their connectivity to pre-synaptic and post-synaptic partner neurons as well as their impact for olfactory behavior as known so far.


Eye ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 338-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Tan ◽  
J Wong ◽  
W F Siah ◽  
R Malhotra

eLife ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna M Kobler ◽  
Ilona C Grunwald Kadow
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A combination of genetic, anatomical and physiological techniques has revealed that the lateral horn, a region of the brain involved in olfaction in flies, has many more types of neurons than expected.


2005 ◽  
Vol 1057 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 134-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arun K. Senapati ◽  
Paula J. Huntington ◽  
Stacey C. LaGraize ◽  
Hilary D. Wilson ◽  
Perry N. Fuchs ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. eaax4568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sascha R. A. Alles ◽  
Filipe Nascimento ◽  
Rafael Luján ◽  
Ana P. Luiz ◽  
Queensta Millet ◽  
...  

Expression of the voltage-gated sodium channel NaV1.7 in sensory neurons is required for pain sensation. We examined the role of NaV1.7 in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord using an epitope-tagged NaV1.7 knock-in mouse. Immuno–electron microscopy showed the presence of NaV1.7 in dendrites of superficial dorsal horn neurons, despite the absence of mRNA. Rhizotomy of L5 afferent nerves lowered the levels of NaV1.7 in the dorsal horn. Peripheral nervous system–specific NaV1.7 null mutant mice showed central deficits, with lamina II dorsal horn tonic firing neurons more than halved and single spiking neurons more than doubled. NaV1.7 blocker PF05089771 diminished excitability in dorsal horn neurons but had no effect on NaV1.7 null mutant mice. These data demonstrate an unsuspected functional role of primary afferent neuron-generated NaV1.7 in dorsal horn neurons and an expression pattern that would not be predicted by transcriptomic analysis.


PLoS Biology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. e2006749 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nélia Varela ◽  
Miguel Gaspar ◽  
Sophie Dias ◽  
Maria Luísa Vasconcelos

1998 ◽  
Vol 80 (4) ◽  
pp. 1900-1910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miloslav Kolaj ◽  
Leo P. Renaud

Kolaj, Miloslav and Leo P. Renaud. Vasopressin-induced currents in rat neonatal spinal lateral horn neurons are G-protein mediated and involve two conductances . J. Neurophysiol. 80: 1900–1910, 1998. Arginine vasopressin (AVP) receptors are expressed early in the developing spinal cord. To characterize AVP-induced conductances in lower thoracic sympathetic preganglionic (SPN) and other lateral horn neurons, we used patch-clamp recording techniques in neonatal (11–21 days) rat spinal cord slices. Most (90%) of 273 neurons, including all 68 SPNs, responded to AVP with membrane depolarization and/or a V1 receptor-mediated, dose-dependent (0.01–1.0 μM) and tetrodotoxin (TTX)-resistant inward current. A role for G-proteins was indicated by persistence of this inward current after intracellular dialysis with GTP-γ-S or GMP-PNP, its marked reduction with GDP-β-S, and significant reduction, but not abolition, after preincubation with pertussis toxin or in the presence of N-ethylmaleimide. Analysis of individual current-voltage ( I- V) relationships in 57 cells indicated the presence of two different membrane conductances. In 21 cells, net AVP-induced currents reversed around −103 mV, reflecting reduction in one or more barium-sensitive potassium conductances; in 12 cells, net AVP-induced current reversed around −40 mV and was not significantly sensitive to several potassium channel blockers including barium, tetraethylammonium chloride (TEA), 4-aminopyridine (4AP), cesium, or glibenclamide, suggesting increase in a nonselective cationic conductance that was separate from I h; in 24 cells where I- V lines shifted in parallel, AVP-induced inward currents were significantly greater and probably involved both conductances. These data indicate that SPNs and a majority of unidentified neonatal lateral horn neurons possess functional G-protein–coupled V1-type vasopressin receptors. The wide distribution of AVP receptors in neonatal spinal lateral column cells suggests a role that may extend beyond involvement in regulation of autonomic nervous system function.


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