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Biophysical mechanisms in the mammalian respiratory oscillator re-examined with a new data-driven computational model.


ABSTRACT: An autorhythmic population of excitatory neurons in the brainstem pre-Bötzinger complex is a critical component of the mammalian respiratory oscillator. Two intrinsic neuronal biophysical mechanisms-a persistent sodium current ([Formula: see text]) and a calcium-activated non-selective cationic current ([Formula: see text])-were proposed to individually or in combination generate cellular- and circuit-level oscillations, but their roles are debated without resolution. We re-examined these roles in a model of a synaptically connected population of excitatory neurons with [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. This model robustly reproduces experimental data showing that rhythm generation can be independent of [Formula: see text] activation, which determines population activity amplitude. This occurs when [Formula: see text] is primarily activated by neuronal calcium fluxes driven by synaptic mechanisms. Rhythm depends critically on [Formula: see text] in a subpopulation forming the rhythmogenic kernel. The model explains how the rhythm and amplitude of respiratory oscillations involve distinct biophysical mechanisms.

SUBMITTER: Phillips RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6433470 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Biophysical mechanisms in the mammalian respiratory oscillator re-examined with a new data-driven computational model.

Phillips Ryan S RS   John Tibin T TT   Koizumi Hidehiko H   Molkov Yaroslav I YI   Smith Jeffrey C JC   Smith Jeffrey C JC  

eLife 20190325


An autorhythmic population of excitatory neurons in the brainstem pre-Bötzinger complex is a critical component of the mammalian respiratory oscillator. Two intrinsic neuronal biophysical mechanisms-a persistent sodium current ([Formula: see text]) and a calcium-activated non-selective cationic current ([Formula: see text])-were proposed to individually or in combination generate cellular- and circuit-level oscillations, but their roles are debated without resolution. We re-examined these roles  ...[more]

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