Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-9-15
pubmed:abstractText
The coordinated activity of large numbers of adjacent parallel fiber synapses elevate calcium concentration locally in small regions of Purkinje cell dendrites. Such activity has also been reported to produce long-term depression of parallel fiber synaptic transmission. We have examined the relationship between these two events by combining patch clamp measurements of parallel fiber synaptic transmission with confocal microscopic imaging of the local calcium signals. We find that patterns of parallel fiber activity capable of evoking long-term depression invariably cause increases in Purkinje cell calcium concentration that are very spatially restricted. These results suggest that one function of the local dendritic calcium signals is to induce long-term depression of parallel fiber synapses.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1072-0502
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
159-68
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Local dendritic Ca2+ signaling induces cerebellar long-term depression.
pubmed:affiliation
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543-1015, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't