Developmental Changes in Evoked Purkinje Cell Complex Spike Responses

2003 ◽  
Vol 90 (4) ◽  
pp. 2349-2357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel A. Nicholson ◽  
John H. Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Motor Learning ◽  
Purkinje Cell ◽  
Inferior Olive ◽  
Cell Complex ◽  
Climbing Fibers ◽  
Somatosensory Stimulation ◽  
Complex Spike ◽  
Long Latency ◽  
Inhibitory Feedback ◽  
Complex Spikes

The development of synaptic interconnections between the cerebellum and inferior olive, the sole source of climbing fibers, could contribute to the ontogeny of certain forms of motor learning (e.g., eyeblink conditioning). Purkinje cell complex spikes are produced exclusively by climbing fibers and exhibit short- and long-latency activity in response to somatosensory stimulation. Previous studies have demonstrated that evoked short- and long-latency complex spikes generally occur on separate trials and that this response segregation is regulated by inhibitory feedback to the inferior olive. The present experiment tested the hypothesis that complex spikes evoked by periorbital stimulation are regulated by inhibitory feedback from the cerebellum and that this feedback develops between postnatal days (PND) 17 and 24. Recordings from individual Purkinje cell complex spikes in urethan-anesthetized rats indicated that the segregation of short- and long-latency evoked complex spike activity emerges between PND17 and PND24. In addition, infusion of picrotoxin, a GABAA-receptor antagonist, into the inferior olive abolished the response pattern segregation in PND24 rats, producing evoked complex spike response patterns similar to those characteristic of younger rats. These data support the view that cerebellar feedback to the inferior olive, which is exclusively inhibitory, undergoes substantial changes in the same developmental time window in which certain forms of motor learning emerge.

scholarly journals Time and Frequency Characteristics of Purkinje Cell Complex Spikes in the Awake Monkey Performing a Nonperiodic Task

2008 ◽  
Vol 100 (2) ◽  
pp. 1032-1040 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahin Hakimian ◽  
Scott A. Norris ◽  
Bradley Greger ◽  
Jeffrey G. Keating ◽  
Charles H. Anderson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Purkinje Cell ◽  
Refractory Period ◽  
Inferior Olive ◽  
Frequency Characteristics ◽  
Climbing Fibers ◽  
Cerebellar Hemisphere ◽  
Direct Test ◽  
Relative Refractory Period ◽  
Periodic Signals ◽  
Complex Spikes

A number of studies have been interpreted to support the view that the inferior olive climbing fibers send periodic signals to the cerebellum to time and pace behavior. In a direct test of this hypothesis in macaques performing nonperiodic tasks, we analyzed continuous recordings of complex spikes from the lateral cerebellar hemisphere. We found no periodicity outside of a 100-ms relative refractory period.

scholarly journals Association Between Dendritic Lamellar Bodies and Complex Spike Synchrony in the Olivocerebellar System

1997 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
pp. 1747-1758 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. I. De Zeeuw ◽  
S.K.E. Koekkoek ◽  
D.R.W. Wylie ◽  
J. I. Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Purkinje Cell ◽  
Gap Junctions ◽  
Purkinje Cells ◽  
Inferior Olive ◽  
Cerebellar Nuclei ◽  
Climbing Fibers ◽  
Lamellar Bodies ◽  
Spike Synchrony ◽  
Complex Spike ◽  
Simple Spike

De Zeeuw, C. I., S.K.E. Koekkoek, D.R.W. Wylie, and J. I. Simpson. Association between dendritic lamellar bodies and complex spike synchrony in the olivocerebellar system. J. Neurophysiol. 77: 1747–1758, 1997. Dendritic lamellar bodies have been reported to be associated with dendrodendritic gap junctions. In the present study we investigated this association at both the morphological and electrophysiological level in the olivocerebellar system. Because cerebellar GABAergic terminals are apposed to olivary dendrites coupled by gap junctions, and because lesions of cerebellar nuclei influence the coupling between neurons in the inferior olive, we postulated that if lamellar bodies and gap junctions are related, then the densities of both structures will change together when the cerebellar input is removed. Lesions of the cerebellar nuclei in rats and rabbits resulted in a reduction of the density of lamellar bodies, the number of lamellae per lamellar body, and the density of gap junctions in the inferior olive, whereas the number of olivary neurons was not significantly reduced. The association between lamellar bodies and electrotonic coupling was evaluated electrophysiologically in alert rabbits by comparing the occurrence of complex spike synchrony in different Purkinje cell zones of the flocculus that receive their climbing fibers from olivary subnuclei with different densities of lamellar bodies. The complex spike synchrony of Purkinje cell pairs, that receive their climbing fibers from an olivary subnucleus with a high density of lamellar bodies, was significantly higher than that of Purkinje cells, that receive their climbing fibers from a subnucleus with a low density of lamellar bodies. To investigate whether the complex spike synchrony is related to a possible synchrony between simple spikes, we recorded simultaneously the complex spike and simple spike responses of Purkinje cell pairs during natural visual stimulation. Synchronous simple spike responses did occur, and this synchrony tended to increase as the synchrony between the complex spikes increased. This relation raises the possibility that synchronously activated climbing fibers evoke their effects in part via the simple spike response of Purkinje cells. The present results indicate that dendritic lamellar bodies and dendrodendritic gap junctions can be downregulated concomitantly, and that the density of lamellar bodies in different olivary subdivisions is correlated with the degree of synchrony of their climbing fiber activity. Therefore these data support the hypothesis that dendritic lamellar bodies can be associated with dendrodendritic gap junctions. Considering that the density of dedritic lamellar bodies in the inferior olive is higher than in any other area of the brain, this conclusion implies that electrotonic coupling is important for the function of the olivocerebellar system.

scholarly journals Patterns of Spontaneous Purkinje Cell Complex Spike Activity in the Awake Rat

1999 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 2728-2739 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric J. Lang ◽  
Izumi Sugihara ◽  
John P. Welsh ◽  
Rodolfo Llinás
Keyword(s):  
Purkinje Cell ◽  
Spike Activity ◽  
Cell Complex ◽  
Complex Spike ◽  
Awake Rat

scholarly journals Modulation of Purkinje cell complex spike waveform by synchrony levels in the olivocerebellar system

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric J. Lang ◽  
Tianyu Tang ◽  
Colleen Y. Suh ◽  
Jianqiang Xiao ◽  
Yuriy Kotsurovskyy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Purkinje Cell ◽  
Cell Complex ◽  
Complex Spike

Purkinje cell complex spike activity during voluntary motor learning: relationship to kinematics

1994 ◽  
Vol 72 (6) ◽  
pp. 2617-2630 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. L. Ojakangas ◽  
T. J. Ebner
Keyword(s):  
Motor Learning ◽  
Purkinje Cell ◽  
Purkinje Cells ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Learning Paradigm ◽  
Complex Spike ◽  
Control Phase ◽  
Voluntary Motor ◽  
Testing Phase ◽  
The Relationship

1. We examined the relationship of cerebellar Purkinje cell discharge to the scaling of kinematics during a voluntary motor learning paradigm. The study focused on whether the occurrence of complex spike (CS) discharge was associated with kinematic changes. Two primates (Macaca mulatta) were trained to move a cursor using a two-joint manipulandum over a horizontal video screen from a start target to one of four target boxes. The relationship between the cursor and the hand (gain) was changed, requiring scaling of movement distance to complete the task. As previously described, when the novel gain was presented over 100-200 movement trials the animals adapted their movements by using a strategy of scaling the amplitude and velocity of the first phase of the movement while keeping time to peak velocity constant. 2. The paradigm consisted of four different phases. A control phase at a gain of 1.0 was initially performed. The learning phase over the next 180-210 movements used one of four gains (0.6, 0.75, 1.5, or 2.0). Last, a testing phase involved 80% of 100 trials at the learned gain and 20% of the trials at the control gain of 1.0. The distance control phase consisted of using a gain of 1.0 but having the animal move to targets placed at the distance and direction the hand moved in the adapted state. 3. Simple spikes (SSs) and CSs of 141 Purkinje cells recorded primarily in the intermediate and lateral regions of zones V and VI in three cerebellar hemispheres from the two primates were recorded during the distance control, control, learning, and testing phases. Some cells were recorded in lobule VII and Crus I. CS activity increased during the learning phase, as documented previously. The increase in CS discharge occurred before or during the first 200-300 ms of the movement. This is the same time period in which the kinematic changes necessary for adaptation to the novel gain occur. Of 141 Purkinje cells recorded during the learning paradigm, 104 (74%) demonstrated significant increases in CS firing rate during the learning-testing phase. Of these 104 cells, 82 had statistically significant SS modulation. 4. Movement trials with CSs were separated from the trials without CSs. Aligning the kinematic and spike train data on movement onset, the average velocity profiles were subtracted from each other and a strict statistical criterion applied to test for the significance of any differences. Movement trials randomly sorted into two groups served as a control.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

Effects of Nucleus Prepositus Hypoglossi Lesions on Visual Climbing Fiber Activity in the Rabbit Flocculus

2000 ◽  
Vol 84 (5) ◽  
pp. 2552-2563 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. P. Arts ◽  
C. I. De Zeeuw ◽  
J. Lips ◽  
E. Rosbak ◽  
J. I. Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Constant Velocity ◽  
Inferior Olive ◽  
Vertical Axis ◽  
Firing Frequency ◽  
Optokinetic Stimulation ◽  
Spontaneous Firing ◽  
Complex Spike ◽  
Prepositus Hypoglossi ◽  
Complex Spikes ◽  
Spike Firing

The caudal dorsal cap (dc) of the inferior olive is involved in the control of horizontal compensatory eye movements. It provides those climbing fibers to the vestibulocerebellum that modulate optimally to optokinetic stimulation about the vertical axis. This modulation is mediated at least in part via an excitatory input to the caudal dc from the pretectal nucleus of the optic tract and the dorsal terminal nucleus of the accessory optic system. In addition, the caudal dc receives a substantial GABAergic input from the nucleus prepositus hypoglossi (NPH). To investigate the possible contribution of this bilateral inhibitory projection to the visual responsiveness of caudal dc neurons, we recorded the climbing fiber activity (i.e., complex spikes) of vertical axis Purkinje cells in the flocculus of anesthetized rabbits before and after ablative lesions of the NPH. When the NPH ipsilateral to the recorded flocculus was lesioned, the spontaneous complex spike firing frequency did not change significantly; but when both NPHs were lesioned, the spontaneous complex spike firing frequency increased significantly. When only the contralateral NPH was lesioned, the spontaneous complex spike firing frequency decreased significantly. Neither unilateral nor bilateral lesions had a significant influence on the depth of complex spike modulation during constant velocity optokinetic stimulation or on the transient continuation of complex spike modulation that occurred when the constant velocity optokinetic stimulation stopped. The effects of the lesions on the spontaneous complex spike firing frequency could not be explained when only the projections from the NPH to the inferior olive were considered. Therefore we investigated at the electron microscopic level the nature of the commissural connection between the two NPHs. The terminals of this projection were found to be predominantly GABAergic and to terminate in part on GABAergic neurons. When this inhibitory commissural connection is taken into consideration, then the effects of NPH lesions on the spontaneous firing frequency of floccular complex spikes are qualitatively explicable in terms of relative weighting of the commissural and caudal dc projections of the NPH. In summary, we conclude that in the anesthetized rabbit the inhibitory projection of the NPH to the caudal dc influences the spontaneous firing frequency of floccular complex spikes but not their modulation by optokinetic stimulation.

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