scholarly journals Spectral Analysis of Local Field Potentials from Rat Primary Visual Cortex (V1)

Author(s):  
Aertsen Ad
2018 ◽  
Vol 120 (4) ◽  
pp. 1625-1639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa L. Mock ◽  
Kimberly L. Luke ◽  
Jacqueline R. Hembrook-Short ◽  
Farran Briggs

Correlations and inferred causal interactions among local field potentials (LFPs) simultaneously recorded in distinct visual brain areas can provide insight into how visual and cognitive signals are communicated between neuronal populations. Based on the known anatomical connectivity of hierarchically organized visual cortical areas and electrophysiological measurements of LFP interactions, a framework for interareal frequency-specific communication has emerged. Our goals were to test the predictions of this framework in the context of the early visual pathways and to understand how attention modulates communication between the visual thalamus and primary visual cortex. We recorded LFPs simultaneously in retinotopically aligned regions of the visual thalamus and primary visual cortex in alert and behaving macaque monkeys trained on a contrast-change detection task requiring covert shifts in visual spatial attention. Coherence and Granger-causal interactions among early visual circuits varied dynamically over different trial periods. Attention significantly enhanced alpha-, beta-, and gamma-frequency interactions, often in a manner consistent with the known anatomy of early visual circuits. However, attentional modulation of communication among early visual circuits was not consistent with a simple static framework in which distinct frequency bands convey directed inputs. Instead, neuronal network interactions in early visual circuits were flexible and dynamic, perhaps reflecting task-related shifts in attention. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Attention alters the way we perceive the visual world. For example, attention can modulate how visual information is communicated between the thalamus and cortex. We recorded local field potentials simultaneously in the visual thalamus and cortex to quantify the impact of attention on visual information communication. We found that attentional modulation of visual information communication was not static, but dynamic over the time course of trials.


2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (22) ◽  
pp. 5696-5709 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Belitski ◽  
A. Gretton ◽  
C. Magri ◽  
Y. Murayama ◽  
M. A. Montemurro ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 32 (33) ◽  
pp. 11396-11413 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Lashgari ◽  
X. Li ◽  
Y. Chen ◽  
J. Kremkow ◽  
Y. Bereshpolova ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 740-740
Author(s):  
F. A. Khawaja ◽  
J. M. G. Tsui ◽  
C. C. Pack

2005 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 839-858 ◽  
Author(s):  
TAKUJI KASAMATSU ◽  
KEIKO MIZOBE ◽  
ERICH E. SUTTER

This study relates to local field potentials and single-unit responses in cat visual cortex elicited by contrast reversal of bar gratings that were presented in single, double, or multiple discrete patch (es) of the visual field. Concurrent stimulation of many patches by means of the pseudorandom, binary m-sequence technique revealed interactions between their respective responses. An analysis identified two distinct components of local field potentials: a fast local component (FLC) and a slow distributed component (SDC). The FLC is thought to be a primarily postsynaptic response, as judged by its relatively short latency. It is directly generated by thalamocortical volleys following retinotopic stimulation of receptive fields of a small cluster of single cells, combined with responses to recurrent excitation and inhibition derived from the cells under study and immediately neighboring cells. In contrast, the SDC is thought to be an aggregate of dendritic potentials related to the long-range lateral connections (i.e. long-range coupling). We compared the suppressive effects of a GABAA-receptor agonist, muscimol, on the FLC and SDC with those of a GABAB-receptor agonist, baclofen, and found that muscimol more strongly suppressed the FLC than the SDC, and that the reverse was the case for baclofen. The differential suppression of the FLC and SDC found in the present study is consistent with the notion that intracortical electrical signals related to the FLC terminate on the somata and proximal/basal dendrites, while those related to the SDC terminate on distal dendrites.


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