Effects of muscarinic and nicotinic receptors on contextual modulation in macaque area V1.
Sci Rep
; 11(1): 8384, 2021 04 16.
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| ID: mdl-33863988
Context affects the salience and visibility of image elements in visual scenes. Collinear flankers can enhance or decrease the perceptual and neuronal sensitivity to flanked stimuli. These effects are mediated through lateral interactions between neurons in the primary visual cortex (area V1), in conjunction with feedback from higher visual areas. The strength of lateral interactions is affected by cholinergic neuromodulation. Blockade of muscarinic receptors should increase the strength of lateral intracortical interactions, while nicotinic blockade should reduce thalamocortical feed-forward drive. Here we test this proposal through local iontophoretic application of the muscarinic receptor antagonist scopolamine and the nicotinic receptor antagonist mecamylamine, while recording single cells in parafoveal representations in awake fixating macaque V1. Collinear flankers generally reduced neuronal contrast sensitivity. Muscarinic and nicotinic receptor blockade equally reduced neuronal contrast sensitivity. Contrary to our hypothesis, flanker interactions were not systematically affected by either receptor blockade.
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Colección:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Corteza Visual
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Sensibilidad de Contraste
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Receptores Nicotínicos
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Receptores Muscarínicos
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Antagonistas Nicotínicos
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Antagonistas Muscarínicos
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Neuronas
Límite:
Animals
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En
Revista:
Sci Rep
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido