2024
Olfactory sensory neuron population expansions influence projection neuron adaptation and enhance odour tracking
Takagi S, Sancer G, Abuin L, Stupski S, Roman Arguello J, Prieto-Godino L, Stern D, Cruchet S, Álvarez-Ocaña R, Wienecke C, van Breugel F, Jeanne J, Auer T, Benton R. Olfactory sensory neuron population expansions influence projection neuron adaptation and enhance odour tracking. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 7041. PMID: 39147786, PMCID: PMC11327376, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50808-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOlfactory sensory neuronsPopulation expansionSpecies-specific expansionSensory neuronsProjection neuronsConnections of sensory neuronsOlfactory sensory neuron numbersSpecies-specific behaviorsD. sechelliaDrosophila sechelliaEcologically-relevantProportion of neuronsEnvironmental cuesMultigenic changesEvolutionary expansionIncreased synaptic connectivityFunctional impactPN sensitivityNeuronal adaptationOdor trackingNeuronsSechelliaLateral inhibitionInhibitionSpecies
2012
Local inhibition modulates learning-dependent song encoding in the songbird auditory cortex
Thompson JV, Jeanne JM, Gentner TQ. Local inhibition modulates learning-dependent song encoding in the songbird auditory cortex. Journal Of Neurophysiology 2012, 109: 721-733. PMID: 23155175, PMCID: PMC3567384, DOI: 10.1152/jn.00262.2012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLocal inhibitionInhibitory modulationAuditory cortexMammalian secondary auditory cortexMasking of responsesSecondary auditory cortexResponses of neuronsLearning-related plasticityIontophoretic applicationRole of inhibitionCaudomedial nidopalliumAuditory forebrainInhibitionCortexSpectrotemporal tuningResponse patternsNeural representationResponseGabazineCentral roleForebrainNeurons