Cognitive Deficits Associated with Nav1.1 Alterations: Involvement of Neuronal Firing Dynamics and Oscillations

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作者
Bender, Alex C. [1 ]
Luikart, Bryan W. [2 ]
Lenck-Santini, Pierre-Pascal [3 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Geisel Sch Med Dartmouth, Dept Neurol, Lebanon, NH USA
[2] Geisel Sch Med Dartmouth, Dept Physiol & Neurobiol, Lebanon, NH USA
[3] Univ Vermont, Dept Neurol Sci, Burlington, VT USA
[4] INSERM, Inst Neurobiol Mediterranee, F-13258 Marseille, France
来源
PLOS ONE | 2016年 / 11卷 / 03期
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
关键词
SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPAL THETA-RHYTHM; REDUCED SODIUM CURRENT; SEPTUM-DIAGONAL BAND; MEDIAL SEPTUM; DRAVET-SYNDROME; MOUSE MODEL; SPATIAL MEMORY; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; REVERSIBLE INACTIVATION;
D O I
10.1371/journal.pone.0151538
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Brain oscillations play a critical role in information processing and may, therefore, be essential to uncovering the mechanisms of cognitive impairment in neurological disease. In Dravet syndrome (DS), a mutation in SCN1A, coding for the voltage-gated sodium channel Na(v)1.1, is associated with severe cognitive impairment and seizures. While seizure frequency and severity do not correlate with the extent of impairment, the slowing of brain rhythms may be involved. Here we investigate the role of Na(v)1.1 on brain rhythms and cognition using RNA interference. We demonstrate that knockdown of Na(v)1.1 impairs fast-and burst-firing properties of neurons in the medial septum in vivo. The proportion of neurons that fired phase-locked to hippocampal theta oscillations was reduced, and medial septal regulation of theta rhythm was disrupted. During a working memory task, this deficit was characterized by a decrease in theta frequency and was negatively correlated with performance. These findings suggest a fundamental role for Na(v)1.1 in facilitating fast-firing properties in neurons, highlight the importance of precise temporal control of theta frequency for working memory, and imply that Na(v)1.1 deficits may disrupt information processing in DS via a dysregulation of brain rhythms.
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