Hearing the light: neural and perceptual encoding of optogenetic stimulation in the central auditory pathway
| Autor: | Ariel Edward Hight, Barbara G. Shinn-Cunningham, Edward S. Boyden, Daniel B. Polley, Jenny X. Chen, Kenneth E. Hancock, Nathan C. Klapoetke, Daniel J. Lee, Wei Guo |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory, Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Klapoetke, Nathan Cao, Boyden, Edward Stuart |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Opsin
Auditory Pathways Patch-Clamp Techniques Computer science media_common.quotation_subject Channelrhodopsin Optogenetics Auditory cortex Article Midbrain Mice 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Channelrhodopsins Hearing Perception Sensation Biological neural network Animals 030304 developmental biology media_common Neurons 0303 health sciences Multidisciplinary Behavior Animal biology fungi Anatomy Electrophysiological Phenomena Acoustic Stimulation Rhodopsin Forebrain Mice Inbred CBA biology.protein Neuroscience 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Nature Publishing Group Scientific Reports |
| ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
| Popis: | Optogenetics provides a means to dissect the organization and function of neural circuits. Optogenetics also offers the translational promise of restoring sensation, enabling movement or supplanting abnormal activity patterns in pathological brain circuits. However, the inherent sluggishness of evoked photocurrents in conventional channelrhodopsins has hampered the development of optoprostheses that adequately mimic the rate and timing of natural spike patterning. Here, we explore the feasibility and limitations of a central auditory optoprosthesis by photoactivating mouse auditory midbrain neurons that either express channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2) or Chronos, a channelrhodopsin with ultra-fast channel kinetics. Chronos-mediated spike fidelity surpassed ChR2 and natural acoustic stimulation to support a superior code for the detection and discrimination of rapid pulse trains. Interestingly, this midbrain coding advantage did not translate to a perceptual advantage, as behavioral detection of midbrain activation was equivalent with both opsins. Auditory cortex recordings revealed that the precisely synchronized midbrain responses had been converted to a simplified rate code that was indistinguishable between opsins and less robust overall than acoustic stimulation. These findings demonstrate the temporal coding benefits that can be realized with next-generation channelrhodopsins, but also highlight the challenge of inducing variegated patterns of forebrain spiking activity that support adaptive perception and behavior. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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