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Neuron ; 112(12): 2015-2030.e5, 2024 Jun 19.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38599213

ABSTRACT

Synchronous neuronal activity is a hallmark of the developing brain. In the mouse cerebral cortex, activity decorrelates during the second week of postnatal development, progressively acquiring the characteristic sparse pattern underlying the integration of sensory information. The maturation of inhibition seems critical for this process, but the interneurons involved in this crucial transition of network activity in the developing cortex remain unknown. Using in vivo longitudinal two-photon calcium imaging during the period that precedes the change from highly synchronous to decorrelated activity, we identify somatostatin-expressing (SST+) interneurons as critical modulators of this switch in mice. Modulation of the activity of SST+ cells accelerates or delays the decorrelation of cortical network activity, a process that involves regulating the maturation of parvalbumin-expressing (PV+) interneurons. SST+ cells critically link sensory inputs with local circuits, controlling the neural dynamics in the developing cortex while modulating the integration of other interneurons into nascent cortical circuits.


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Cerebral Cortex , Interneurons , Nerve Net , Somatostatin , Animals , Interneurons/physiology , Interneurons/metabolism , Somatostatin/metabolism , Mice , Cerebral Cortex/growth & development , Cerebral Cortex/physiology , Cerebral Cortex/cytology , Nerve Net/physiology , Nerve Net/growth & development , Nerve Net/metabolism , Parvalbumins/metabolism , Mice, Transgenic
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Neuron ; 112(4): 558-573.e8, 2024 Feb 21.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38086373

ABSTRACT

The mammalian cerebral cortex contains an extraordinary diversity of cell types that emerge by implementing different developmental programs. Delineating when and how cellular diversification occurs is particularly challenging for cortical inhibitory neurons because they represent a small proportion of all cortical cells and have a protracted development. Here, we combine single-cell RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomics to characterize the emergence of neuronal diversity among somatostatin-expressing (SST+) cells in mice. We found that SST+ inhibitory neurons segregate during embryonic stages into long-range projection (LRP) neurons and two types of interneurons, Martinotti cells and non-Martinotti cells, following distinct developmental trajectories. Two main subtypes of LRP neurons and several subtypes of interneurons are readily distinguishable in the embryo, although interneuron diversity is likely refined during early postnatal life. Our results suggest that the timing for cellular diversification is unique for different subtypes of SST+ neurons and particularly divergent for LRP neurons and interneurons.


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Interneurons , Neurons , Animals , Mice , Somatostatin , Cerebral Cortex , Embryo, Mammalian , Parvalbumins , Mammals
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Science ; 360(6384): 81-85, 2018 04 06.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29472441

ABSTRACT

GABAergic interneurons (GABA, γ-aminobutyric acid) regulate neural-circuit activity in the mammalian cerebral cortex. These cortical interneurons are structurally and functionally diverse. Here, we use single-cell transcriptomics to study the origins of this diversity in the mouse. We identify distinct types of progenitor cells and newborn neurons in the ganglionic eminences, the embryonic proliferative regions that give rise to cortical interneurons. These embryonic precursors show temporally and spatially restricted transcriptional patterns that lead to different classes of interneurons in the adult cerebral cortex. Our findings suggest that shortly after the interneurons become postmitotic, their diversity is already patent in their diverse transcriptional programs, which subsequently guide further differentiation in the developing cortex.


Subject(s)
Cerebral Cortex/cytology , Cerebral Cortex/embryology , GABAergic Neurons/classification , Interneurons/classification , Neurogenesis/genetics , Animals , Embryo, Mammalian/cytology , Female , GABAergic Neurons/cytology , GABAergic Neurons/metabolism , Gene Expression Profiling , Interneurons/cytology , Interneurons/metabolism , Male , Mice , Mice, Inbred Strains , Mitosis/genetics , Neural Stem Cells/cytology , Neural Stem Cells/metabolism , Single-Cell Analysis , Transcription, Genetic , Transcriptome
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