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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-4-28
pubmed:abstractText
Oblique dendrites of CA1 pyramidal neurons predominate in stratum radiatum and receive approximately 80% of the synaptic input from Schaffer collaterals. Despite this fact, most of our understanding of dendritic signal processing in these neurons comes from studies of the main apical dendrite. Using a combination of Ca2+ imaging and whole-cell recording techniques in rat hippocampal slices, we found that the properties of the oblique dendrites differ markedly from those of the main dendrites. These different properties tend to equalize the Ca2+ rise from single action potentials as they backpropagate into the oblique dendrites from the main trunk. Evidence suggests that this normalization of Ca2+ signals results from a higher density of a transient, A-type K+ current [I(K(A))] in the oblique versus the main dendrites. The higher density of I(K(A)) may have important implications for our understanding of synaptic integration and plasticity in these structures.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3243-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12716931-4-Aminopyridine, pubmed-meshheading:12716931-Action Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:12716931-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12716931-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:12716931-Calcium Channel Blockers, pubmed-meshheading:12716931-Calcium Signaling, pubmed-meshheading:12716931-Dendrites, pubmed-meshheading:12716931-Electric Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:12716931-Fluorescent Dyes, pubmed-meshheading:12716931-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:12716931-Patch-Clamp Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:12716931-Potassium Channel Blockers, pubmed-meshheading:12716931-Potassium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:12716931-Pyramidal Cells, pubmed-meshheading:12716931-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:12716931-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:12716931-Sodium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:12716931-Tetrodotoxin
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Normalization of Ca2+ signals by small oblique dendrites of CA1 pyramidal neurons.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't