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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
35
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-10-6
pubmed:abstractText
Synaptic plasticity is considered essential for learning and storage of new memories. Whether all synapses on a given neuron have the same ability to express long-term plasticity is not well understood. Synaptic microanatomy could affect the function of local signaling cascades and thus differentially regulate the potential for plasticity at individual synapses. Here, we investigate how the presence of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in dendritic spines of CA1 pyramidal neurons affects postsynaptic signaling. We show that the ER is targeted selectively to large spines containing strong synapses. In ER-containing spines, we frequently observed synaptically triggered calcium release events of very large amplitudes. Low-frequency stimulation of these spines induced a permanent depression of synaptic potency that was independent of NMDA receptor activation and specific to the stimulated synapses. In contrast, no functional changes were induced in the majority of spines lacking ER. Both calcium release events and long-term depression depended on the activation of metabotropic glutamate receptors and inositol trisphosphate receptors. In summary, spine microanatomy is a reliable indicator for the presence of specific signaling cascades that govern plasticity on a micrometer scale.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1091-6490
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
106
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
15055-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-27
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Differential distribution of endoplasmic reticulum controls metabotropic signaling and plasticity at hippocampal synapses.
pubmed:affiliation
Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Maulbeerstrasse 66, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't