Journal: Nature Communications
Article Title: Graded heterogeneity of metabotropic signaling underlies a continuum of cell-intrinsic temporal responses in unipolar brush cells
doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22893-8
Figure Lengend Snippet: a Sample cell-attached recording (top) instantaneous firing rate (middle) and synaptic current measured with whole-cell voltage clamp (bottom) in a cell with fast response. b Same as in a but for a cell with intermediate speed response. c Same as in a but for a cell with clear biphasic synaptic current (bottom). d Same as in a but for a cell with slow biphasic response. e Same as in a but for a cell with only a pause in firing. f Half-decay times of firing rates vs. half-decay times of currents and linear fit on a log-log plot ( R adj 2 = 0.91, slope = 0.88, intercept = −0.22, n = 17). g Peak firing rate vs. peak current amplitude and linear fit on a log-log plot ( R adj 2 = 0.69, slope = 0.71, intercept = −0.65, n = 17). h Pause duration vs. amplitude of the current at stimulation offset, and linear fit with log 10 response variable (black, R adj 2 = 0.44, slope = 0.01, intercept = −0.42, n = 20). i Heatmap of peak normalized mGluR1-mediated current ( n = 10). j Heatmap of peak normalized mGluR2/3-mediated current ( n = 7). k Average synaptic response before (black), after (red) mGluR1 antagonist, and after AMPA/NMDA receptor antagonist wash-ins (gray). Each trace is an average of 8 trials. l Average synaptic response before (top, black) and after (top, blue) mGluR2/3 antagonist wash-in, and their difference (bottom, black). Each trace is an average of 8 trials.
Article Snippet: Sequential drug wash-ins were performed using a computer-controlled solenoid manifold system (ValveLink 8.2, Automate Scientific, Inc., Berkeley, CA) with a flow rate of 1 to 2 mL/min, where indicated, with mGluR1 antagonist (100 µM LY357385, Tocris Bio-Techne, Minneapolis, MN), AMPA receptor blocker (5 µM NBQX), NMDA receptor blocker (2 µM R-CPP), mGluR2/3 antagonist (1 µM LY341495, Tocris Bio-Techne, Minneapolis, MN) and DGK inhibitor II (100 µM R59949, MilliporeSigma, St. Louis, MO)
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