ナカヤマ　ヒサコ   Hisako Nakayama   中山　寿子    所属   医学部 医学科    職種   准教授
論文種別	原著
言語種別	英語
査読の有無	査読あり
表題	Functional motifs composed of morphologically homologous neurons repeated in the hindbrain segments.
掲載誌名	正式名：The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 略　 称：J Neurosci ISSNコード：02706474/15292401
掲載区分	国外
出版社	the Society for Neuroscience
巻・号・頁	34(9),pp.3291-3302
著者・共著者	NEKI Daisuke†, NAKAYAMA Hisako†, FUJII Takashi, MATSUI-FURUSHO Haruko, ODA Yoichi*
担当区分	筆頭著者
発行年月	2014/02
概要	Segmental organization along the neuraxis is a prominent feature of the CNS in vertebrates. In a wide range of fishes, hindbrain segments contain orderly arranged reticulospinal neurons (RSNs). Individual RSNs in goldfish and zebrafish hindbrain are morphologically identified. RSNs sharing similar morphological features are called segmental homologs and repeated in adjacent segments. However, little is known about functional relationships among segmental homologs. Here we investigated the electrophysiological connectivity between the Mauthner cell (M-cell), a pair of giant RSNs in segment 4 (r4) that are known to trigger fast escape behavior, and different series of homologous RSNs in r4-r6. Paired intracellular recordings in adult goldfish revealed unidirectional connections from the M-cell to RSNs. The connectivity was similar in morphological homologs. A single M-cell spike produced IPSPs in dorsally located RSNs (MiD cells) on the ipsilateral side and excitatory postsynaptic depolarization on the contralateral side, except for MiD2cm cells. The inhibitory or excitatory potentials effectively suppressed or enhanced target RSNs spiking, respectively. In contrast to the lateralized effects on MiD cells, single M-cell spiking elicited equally strong depolarizations on bilateral RSNs located ventrally (MiV cells), and the depolarization was high enough for MiV cells to burst. Therefore, the morphological homology of repeated RSNs in r4-r6 and their functional M-cell connectivity were closely correlated, suggesting that each functional connection works as a functional motif during the M-cell-initiated escape.
DOI	10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4610-13.2014.
PMID	24573288