• Sean Tanabe, Heonsoo Lee, Shiyong Wang, and Anthony G Hudetz.
• Center for Consciousness Science, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA.
• Neuroscience. 2023 Sep 15; 528: 546354-63.

AbstractRecurring spike sequences are thought to underlie cortical computations and may be essential for information processing in the conscious state. How anesthesia at graded levels may influence spontaneous and stimulus-related spike sequences in visual cortex has not been fully elucidated. We recorded extracellular single-unit activity in the rat primary visual cortex in vivo during wakefulness and three levels of anesthesia produced by desflurane. The latencies of spike sequences within 0-200 ms from the onset of spontaneous UP states and visual flash-evoked responses were compared. During wakefulness, spike latency patterns linked to the local field potential theta cycle were similar to stimulus-evoked patterns. Under desflurane anesthesia, spontaneous UP state sequences differed from flash-evoked sequences due to the recruitment of low-firing excitatory neurons to the UP state. Flash-evoked spike sequences showed higher reliability and longer latency when stimuli were applied during DOWN states compared to UP states. At deeper levels, desflurane altered both UP state and flash-evoked spike sequences by selectively suppressing inhibitory neuron firing. The results reveal desflurane-induced complex changes in cortical firing sequences that may influence visual information processing.Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

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