Journal of Neurophysiology, Vol 63, Issue 4 832-840, Copyright © 1990 by APS

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Laminar analysis of extracellular field potentials in rat vibrissa/barrel cortex

S. Di, C. Baumgartner and D. S. Barth
Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles 90024.

1. A 16-channel electrode array was used to record simultaneously extracellular laminar field potentials evoked by displacement of contralateral vibrissa from vibrissa/barrel cortex in five rats. Current source-density (CSD) analysis combined with principal component analysis (PCA) was used to determine the time course of laminar-specific transmembrane currents during the evoked response. 2. The potential complex consisted of biphasic fast components followed by long-lasting slow waves. It began with activity in supragranular cells consisting of a source in layers I-II and a sink in layers IV-V; this was followed by activation of the infragranular cells with a paired sink and source in layers I-IV and V-VI, respectively. The slow-wave sequences also began in the supragranular cells followed by infragranular neurons. 3. We propose that the fast components reflect sequential intralaminar depolarization processes, and the slow waves, hyper- or repolarization processes. These results suggest that a basic neuronal circuit, consisting of sequential activation of the supragranular and then the infragranular pyramidal cells, gives rise to the field potentials evoked by physiological stimulation. This is consistent with our previous studies of direct cortical responses (DCR) and pathological discharges of the penicillin focus.

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