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14574678

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-10-23
pubmed:abstractText
Defining the selective pattern of synapse replacement that occurs in different areas of the damaged brain is essential for predicting the limits of functional compensation that can be achieved after various types of brain injury. Here we describe the time course of dendritic reorganization, spine loss and recovery, and synapse replacement in the striatum following a unilateral cortex ablation. We found that the time course for the transient loss and recovery of dendritic spines on medium spiny I (MSI) neurons, the primary postsynaptic target for corticostriatal axons, paralleled the time course for the removal of degenerating axon terminals from the neuropil and the formation of new synapses on MSI neurons. Reinnervation of the deafferented striatum occurred chiefly by axon terminals that formed asymmetric synapses with dendritic spines of MSI neurons, and the mean density of asymmetric synapses recovered to 86% of the sham-operated rat value by 30 days postlesion. In addition, the synaptic circuitry of the reconstructed striatum was characterized by an increase in the number of multiple synaptic boutons (MSBs), i.e., presynaptic axon terminals that make contact with more than one dendritic spine. Whether the postsynaptic contacts of MSBs are formed with the dendritic spines of the same or a different parent dendrite in the striatum is unknown. Nevertheless, these data suggest that the formation of MSBs is an essential part of the compensatory response to the loss of input from the ipsilateral cortex following the aspiration lesion and may serve to modulate activity-dependent adaptive changes in the reconstructed striatum that can lead to functional recovery.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0021-9967
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
467
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
32-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Synapse replacement in the striatum of the adult rat following unilateral cortex ablation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cell and Neurobiology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA. tmcneill@hsc.usc.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.