| First Author | Vucurovic K | Year | 2010 |
| Journal | Cereb Cortex | Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 10 | Pages | 2333-47 |
| PubMed ID | 20083553 | Mgi Jnum | J:163948 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:4830220 | Doi | 10.1093/cercor/bhp310 |
| Citation | Vucurovic K, et al. (2010) Serotonin 3A receptor subtype as an early and protracted marker of cortical interneuron subpopulations. Cereb Cortex 20(10):2333-47 |
| abstractText | To identify neocortical neurons expressing the type 3 serotonergic receptor, here we used transgenic mice expressing the enhanced green fluorescent protein (GFP) under the control of the 5-HT(3A) promoter (5-HT(3A):GFP mice). By means of whole-cell patch-clamp recordings, biocytin labeling, and single-cell reversed-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction on acute brain slices of 5-HT(3A):GFP mice, we identified 2 populations of 5-HT(3A)-expressing interneurons within the somatosensory cortex. The first population was characterized by the frequent expression of the vasoactive intestinal peptide and a typical bipolar/bitufted morphology, whereas the second population expressed predominantly the neuropeptide Y and exhibited more complex dendritic arborizations. Most interneurons of this second group appeared very similar to neurogliaform cells according to their electrophysiological, molecular, and morphological properties. The combination of 5-bromo-2-deoxyuridine injections with 5-HT(3A) mRNA detection showed that cortical 5-HT(3A) interneurons are generated around embryonic day 14.5. Although at this stage the 5-HT(3A) receptor subunit is expressed in both the caudal ganglionic eminence and the entopeduncular area, homochronic in utero grafts experiments revealed that cortical 5-HT(3A) interneurons are mainly generated in the caudal ganglionic eminence. This protracted expression of the 5-HT(3A) subunit allowed us to study specific cortical interneuron populations from their birth to their final functional phenotype. |
