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La excitación sináptica secuencial y la inhibición dan forma a la descarga de preparación para el comportamiento
Katsushi Kagaya1, Masakazu Takahata
1Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan. kagaya@sci.hokudai.ac.jp
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|April 16, 2011
Resumen
Los científicos descubrieron cómo la actividad cerebral de los cangrejos se prepara para las acciones voluntarias. La descarga de preparación implica la excitación y la inhibición secuenciales de las células nerviosas, revelando mecanismos para el comportamiento autoiniciado.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La neurociencia es la neurociencia.
- Comportamiento animal Comportamiento animal.
- La plasticidad sináptica.
Sus antecedentes:
- La iniciación del comportamiento voluntario en los animales está vinculada a la actividad neuronal preparatoria.
- Las neuronas específicas y los mecanismos sinápticos que subyacen a esta preparación no se comprenden completamente.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar las bases neuronales de la descarga de preparación para iniciar un comportamiento voluntario.
- Para aclarar los mecanismos sinápticos involucrados en la actividad neuronal preparatoria.
Principales métodos:
- Registros electrofisiológicos en el cerebro de cangrejos de mar (Procambarus clarkii).
- Análisis de los patrones de disparo neuronal y las interacciones sinápticas durante la descarga de preparación.
Principales resultados:
- La descarga de preparación está formada por la excitación y la inhibición sinápticas secuenciales.
- Las neuronas de descarga de preparación activan las interneuronas locales a través de collateral de axones.
- El proceso parece ocurrir dentro del cerebro sin retroalimentación de los ganglios posteriores.
Conclusiones:
- Se propone un modelo donde la descarga de preparación se forma por eventos sinápticos secuenciales dentro del cerebro.
- Este circuito neuronal es adecuado para el procesamiento de señales para la iniciación de comportamiento voluntario auto-generado.
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