Zhang Yueping, Han Victor Z
Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, 505 NW 185th Ave., Beaverton, OR 97007, USA.
J Neurophysiol. 2007 Sep;98(3):1297-308. doi: 10.1152/jn.00502.2007. Epub 2007 Jul 5.
The cerebellum of the mormyrid fish consists of three major divisions: the valvula, the central lobes, and the caudal lobes. Several studies have focused on the central lobes and the valvula, but little is known about the caudal lobes. The mormyrid caudal lobe includes anterior and posterior components. The anterior caudal lobe is associated with the lateral line and eighth nerve end organs, whereas the posterior caudal lobe is associated with the electrosensory system. The present study examines the physiology and pharmacology of morphologically identified Purkinje cells and efferent cells in an in vitro slice preparation of the posterior caudal lobe. We found that the Purkinje cells in the posterior caudal lobe can be classified into three subtypes based on both their morphology and on their physiological responses to intracellular current injection and to synaptic inputs from parallel fibers and climbing fibers. Similarities and differences between the physiology of the caudal lobe and that of other regions of the mormyrid cerebellum and the mammalian cerebellum are discussed.
瓣叶、中央叶和尾叶。几项研究聚焦于中央叶和瓣叶,但对尾叶却知之甚少。象鼻鱼尾叶包括前部和后部成分。尾叶前部与侧线和第八神经终器相关,而尾叶后部与电感受系统相关。本研究在尾叶后部的体外脑片标本中,研究了形态学上已鉴定的浦肯野细胞和传出细胞的生理学和药理学特性。我们发现,基于尾叶后部浦肯野细胞的形态以及它们对细胞内电流注入、平行纤维和攀缘纤维突触输入的生理反应,可将其分为三种亚型。文中还讨论了象鼻鱼尾叶与象鼻鱼小脑其他区域以及哺乳动物小脑生理学之间的异同。