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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
48
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-11-27
pubmed:abstractText
Gamma frequency (30-100 Hz) oscillations in the mature cortex underlie higher cognitive functions. Fast signaling in GABAergic interneuron networks plays a key role in the generation of these oscillations. During development of the rodent brain, gamma activity appears at the end of the first postnatal week, but frequency and synchrony reach adult levels only by the fourth week. However, the mechanisms underlying the maturation of gamma activity are unclear. Here we demonstrate that hippocampal basket cells (BCs), the proposed cellular substrate of gamma oscillations, undergo marked changes in their morphological, intrinsic, and synaptic properties between postnatal day 6 (P6) and P25. During maturation, action potential duration, propagation time, duration of the release period, and decay time constant of IPSCs decreases by approximately 30-60%. Thus, postnatal development converts BCs from slow into fast signaling devices. Computational analysis reveals that BC networks with young intrinsic and synaptic properties as well as reduced connectivity generate oscillations with moderate coherence in the lower gamma frequency range. In contrast, BC networks with mature properties and increased connectivity generate highly coherent activity in the upper gamma frequency band. Thus, late postnatal maturation of BCs enhances coherence in neuronal networks and will thereby contribute to the development of cognitive brain functions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
26
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
12956-68
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19036989-Action Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:19036989-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19036989-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:19036989-Biological Clocks, pubmed-meshheading:19036989-Cortical Synchronization, pubmed-meshheading:19036989-Glutamate Decarboxylase, pubmed-meshheading:19036989-Green Fluorescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19036989-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:19036989-Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:19036989-Interneurons, pubmed-meshheading:19036989-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19036989-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:19036989-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:19036989-Nerve Net, pubmed-meshheading:19036989-Neural Inhibition, pubmed-meshheading:19036989-Neurogenesis, pubmed-meshheading:19036989-Organ Culture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:19036989-Reaction Time, pubmed-meshheading:19036989-Synaptic Transmission, pubmed-meshheading:19036989-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:19036989-gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Postnatal differentiation of basket cells from slow to fast signaling devices.
pubmed:affiliation
Physiologisches Institut I, Universität Freiburg, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't