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Toward the development of a sensitive, pre-clinical screen for neurological diseases from spontaneous neural coordination in juvenile and young-adult C57BK6 mice.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20080150     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Spontaneous Frequency Bursts (SFBs) are a newly discovered form of long-distance neural coordination. They have several distinctive properties, including near-simultaneity of occurrence (+/-25-50 ms) across distant brain regions and high within- and across-site coherence in multiple low and high frequency bands, presumably requiring high axonal, dendritic and vascular integrity. We examined whether SFBs occurred in young and young-adult C57BK6 mice with properties similar to those seen in rats. We found that across the entorhinal and piriform cortices, SFBs occur robustly in young and young-adult mice under light anesthesia, and that their rate of occurrence dropped sharply as anesthetic levels increased, as in rats. Moreover, murine SFBs showed high cross-site coherence in multiple frequency bands, including those that require exquisite action potential timing to be maintained across long distances. We discuss our findings in light of SFBs potential as a pre-clinical biomarker for diseases affecting action potential firing and local field potential coherence, especially in high frequency ranges (20-30 Hz and beyond).
Authors:
Jordan Robson; Nisarg Mehta; Jeanette E Polcz; Linda Hermer
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-01-18
Journal Detail:
Title:  Neuroscience letters     Volume:  471     ISSN:  1872-7972     ISO Abbreviation:  Neurosci. Lett.     Publication Date:  2010 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-02-17     Completed Date:  2010-04-16     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7600130     Medline TA:  Neurosci Lett     Country:  Ireland    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  74-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
(c) 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Behavioral Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Action Potentials
Aging / physiology*
Anesthesia
Animals
Brain / physiology*
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Nervous System Diseases / physiopathology*

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