Periodic Reporting for period 1 - FunCoSpeedSpine (Mapping the functional connectome for speed control in spinal motor circuits)
Berichtszeitraum: 2018-02-01 bis 2020-01-31
In this project, we aimed to use a combination of in vivo electrophysiology recordings, functional calcium imaging of network activity together with state of the art 3D sculped optogenetic stimulation restricted to single cells in vivo. Specifically, we wanted to tackle the following questions:
1. What are the synaptic connections among V2as and between V2a and MNs within the slow and fast range?
2. What is the degree of convergence and divergence between V2a neurons and MNs?
3. Finally, do supraspinal inputs to the spinal cord segregate based on speed?
Performing this work would give us access to an unprecedented level of detail of how locomotor speed modules function in vivo, and would lead to a better understanding of the basic biological networks that allow adaptive locomotor flexibility.
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[2] Menelaou E, McLean DL. Hierarchical control of locomotion by distinct types of spinal V2a interneurons in zebrafish. Nat Commun 2019;10:4197.
[3] Song J, Pallucchi I, Ausborn J, Ampatzis K, Bertuzzi M, Fontanel P, et al. Multiple Rhythm-Generating Circuits Act in Tandem with Pacemaker Properties to Control the Start and Speed of Locomotion. Neuron 2020;105:1048–61.e4.