Ih-mediated depolarization enhances the temporal precision of neuronal integration

Ivan Pavlov, Annalisa Scimemi, Leonid Savtchenko, Dimitri M. Kullmann and Matthew C. Walker ()
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Ivan Pavlov: UCL Institute of Neurology
Annalisa Scimemi: UCL Institute of Neurology
Leonid Savtchenko: UCL Institute of Neurology
Dimitri M. Kullmann: UCL Institute of Neurology
Matthew C. Walker: UCL Institute of Neurology

Nature Communications, 2011, vol. 2, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract Feed-forward inhibition mediated by ionotropic GABAA receptors contributes to the temporal precision of neuronal signal integration. These receptors exert their inhibitory effect by shunting excitatory currents and by hyperpolarizing neurons. The relative roles of these mechanisms in neuronal computations are, however, incompletely understood. In this study, we show that by depolarizing the resting membrane potential relative to the reversal potential for GABAA receptors, the hyperpolarization-activated mixed cation current (Ih) maintains a voltage gradient for fast synaptic inhibition in hippocampal pyramidal cells. Pharmacological or genetic ablation of Ih broadens the depolarizing phase of afferent synaptic waveforms by hyperpolarizing the resting membrane potential. This increases the integration time window for action potential generation. These results indicate that the hyperpolarizing component of GABAA receptor-mediated inhibition has an important role in maintaining the temporal fidelity of coincidence detection and suggest a previously unrecognized mechanism by which Ih modulates information processing in the hippocampus.

Date: 2011
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