{ "type": "Article", "identifier": "headley-2026-inhibitory-rhythms", "metadata": { "doi": "10.7554/eLife.95562", "title": "Spatially targeted inhibitory rhythms differentially affect neuronal integration", "authors": [ "Drew B Headley", "Benjamin Latimer", "Adin Aberbach", "Satish S Nair" ] }, "children": [ { "type": "Claim", "identifier": "beta-bidirectional-dendritic-control", "role": "empirical", "children": [ { "type": "Text", "value": "Beta-frequency rhythms at distal dendritic locations produce bidirectional control of dendritic spike probability: enhanced dendritic spike occurrence during inhibitory troughs and suppressed occurrence during inhibitory peaks within the same oscillatory cycle." } ], "epistemicStrength": "moderate", "metadata": { "uuid": "bf7efeee-2819-485d-a06d-1fc3782ce66f", "concepts": [ "beta rhythm", "bidirectional control", "dendritic spike probability", "phase-dependent modulation", "inhibitory trough" ], "displayClaim": "Beta-frequency distal inhibition controls dendritic spikes bidirectionally within each cycle — enhancing them during inhibitory troughs and suppressing them during peaks." } }, { "type": "Claim", "identifier": "beta-gates-distal-apical-inputs", "role": "empirical", "children": [ { "type": "Text", "value": "Beta-frequency rhythmic inhibition at distal dendritic locations gates the transmission of clustered synaptic inputs from apical dendrites to somatic output: inputs arriving during inhibitory troughs are transmitted, while inputs arriving during peaks are blocked." } ], "epistemicStrength": "strong", "relations": [ { "xref": "gamma-gates-proximal-basal-inputs", "relationType": "cito:disagreesWith" }, { "xref": "prediction-orthogonal-input-gating", "relationType": "claimrel:tests" } ], "metadata": { "uuid": "7b7dd3fd-3946-4947-9799-a4f8a8821aba", "concepts": [ "beta rhythm", "distal inhibition", "synaptic input gating", "apical dendrites", "phase-dependent transmission" ], "displayClaim": "Beta-frequency distal inhibition gates clustered apical-dendrite inputs phase-by-phase: inputs arriving in inhibitory troughs reach the soma, inputs arriving in peaks are blocked." } }, { "type": "Claim", "identifier": "beta-optimal-distal-dendritic-entrainment", "role": "empirical", "children": [ { "type": "Text", "value": "In a frequency sweep from 0.5 to 80 Hz, beta frequencies near 20 Hz produce the strongest phase-dependent entrainment of dendritic Ca²⁺ and NMDA spike onsets by distal rhythmic inhibition, as measured by Pairwise Phase Consistency." } ], "epistemicStrength": "strong", "relations": [ { "xref": "prediction-beta-optimal-distal", "relationType": "claimrel:tests" } ], "metadata": { "uuid": "4ee66306-a11b-4333-86cf-47ea92155e76", "concepts": [ "beta rhythm", "dendritic spike entrainment", "distal inhibition", "frequency sweep", "Pairwise Phase Consistency" ], "displayClaim": "Across a 0.5–80 Hz frequency sweep, distal inhibition near 20 Hz (beta) most strongly entrains the timing of dendritic Ca²⁺ and NMDA spike onsets." } }, { "type": "Claim", "identifier": "burst-effects-emerge-first-cycles", "role": "empirical", "children": [ { "type": "Text", "value": "Phase-dependent modulation of dendritic spike probability and action potential timing by oscillatory bursts of beta or gamma emerges within the first few cycles of the burst, indicating rapid engagement of the inhibitory control mechanism." } ], "epistemicStrength": "moderate", "metadata": { "uuid": "34c1a5fd-714f-4cde-ba8b-1c230af108db", "concepts": [ "oscillatory bursts", "beta rhythm", "gamma rhythm", "rapid onset", "phase-dependent modulation" ], "displayClaim": "Phase-dependent gating of dendritic spikes and AP timing by oscillatory inhibition kicks in within the first few cycles of a burst — the inhibitory control engages on the same timescale as the rhythm itself." } }, { "type": "Claim", "identifier": "ca-spikes-couple-20ms-before-ap", "role": "empirical", "children": [ { "type": "Text", "value": "Ca²⁺ spikes in apical tuft dendrites precede somatic action potentials by approximately 20 ms in spike-triggered averages, with the strongest coupling in apical compartments distal from the soma." } ], "epistemicStrength": "strong", "metadata": { "uuid": "9c3d1464-1a51-4381-a466-fcb1ca6fca65", "concepts": [ "Ca2+ spikes", "apical dendrites", "spike-triggered average", "action potential coupling" ], "displayClaim": "Apical-tuft Ca²⁺ spikes lead somatic action potentials by ~20 ms, with coupling strongest in the most distal compartments." } }, { "type": "Claim", "identifier": "distal-inhib-drops-firing-02hz", "role": "empirical", "children": [ { "type": "Text", "value": "Doubling the strength of distal dendritic inhibition reduces somatic firing rate from a baseline of approximately 5.5 Hz to approximately 0.2 Hz, primarily by suppressing the occurrence of dendritic Ca²⁺ and NMDA spikes rather than by directly raising AP threshold." } ], "epistemicStrength": "strong", "relations": [ { "xref": 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overall output rate is similar." } ], "epistemicStrength": "moderate", "metadata": { "uuid": "b88c89df-7f9c-4d11-9dc4-1ec829d6b413", "concepts": [ "E/I coupling lag", "dendritic compartment contribution", "firing rate sensitivity", "inhibitory timing" ], "displayClaim": "E-I coupling lag (4–500 ms) barely changes total firing rate but substantially reshuffles which dendritic compartments drive spiking — timing reorganizes the internal computation without changing the bulk output." } }, { "type": "Claim", "identifier": "gamma-gates-proximal-basal-inputs", "role": "empirical", "children": [ { "type": "Text", "value": "Gamma-frequency rhythmic inhibition at perisomatic locations gates the transmission of clustered synaptic inputs from proximal and basal dendrites to somatic output in a phase-dependent manner, while leaving distal apical inputs relatively unaffected." } ], "epistemicStrength": "strong", "relations": [ { "xref": "beta-gates-distal-apical-inputs", "relationType": 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"dendritic spike rates", "functional orthogonality", "AP threshold" ] } }, { "type": "Claim", "identifier": "hypothesis-distinct-compartmental-roles", "role": "hypothesis", "children": [ { "type": "Text", "value": "Perisomatic and distal dendritic inhibition serve distinct computational roles in layer 5 pyramidal neurons: perisomatic inhibition principally regulates somatic action potential generation (gain and threshold of axonal output), while distal dendritic inhibition principally regulates dendritic spike incidence and the temporal coupling of dendritic spikes to somatic APs." } ], "epistemicStrength": "hypothesis", "relations": [ { "xref": "prediction-perisomatic-threshold-mechanism", "relationType": "claimrel:entails" }, { "xref": "prediction-distal-dendritic-spike-mechanism", "relationType": "claimrel:entails" }, { "xref": "prediction-perisomatic-input-output-shaping", "relationType": "claimrel:entails" }, { "xref": "prediction-orthogonal-input-gating", "relationType": 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literature has established two correlated associations: parvalbumin-positive (PV+) fast-spiking interneurons target perisomatic compartments and are implicated in the generation and entrainment of cortical gamma rhythms (40–80 Hz), while somatostatin-positive (SST+) interneurons target distal dendritic compartments and are preferentially associated with beta rhythms (12–35 Hz). 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"metadata": { "uuid": "fb9ac5da-3094-4370-b277-fe34853856b1", "concepts": [ "Na+ dendritic spikes", "spike-triggered average", "action potential coupling", "electrotonic distance" ], "displayClaim": "Sodium dendritic spikes in proximal compartments lead somatic action potentials by 2–3 ms, with coupling strength falling off as one moves distally." } }, { "type": "Claim", "identifier": "naturalistic-drive-parameterization", "role": "scope", "children": [ { "type": "Text", "value": "The model is driven by ~26,000 excitatory and ~4,500 inhibitory synapses with parameters (release probability, PSC amplitude, temporal kinetics) taken from published experimental measurements, producing a baseline somatic firing rate of approximately 5.3 Hz that matches typical in vivo layer 5 firing rates; no sensitivity analysis over these synaptic parameter choices is presented." } ], "epistemicStrength": "moderate", "relations": [ { "xref": "*", "relationType": "claimrel:scopes" } ], "metadata": { "uuid": 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