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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
41
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-10-14
pubmed:abstractText
Synaptic modifications depend on the amplitude and temporal relations of presynaptic and postsynaptic activation. The interactions among these variables are complex and hard to predict when neurons engage in synchronized high-frequency oscillations in the beta and gamma frequency range, as is often observed during signal processing in the cerebral cortex. Here we investigate in layer II/III pyramidal cells of rat visual cortex slices how synapses change when synchronized, oscillatory multifiber activity impinges on postsynaptic neurons during membrane potential (V(m)) oscillations at 20 and 40 Hz. Synapses underwent long-term potentiation (LTP) when EPSPs coincided with the peaks of the V(m) oscillations but exhibited long-term depression (LTD) when EPSPs coincided with the troughs. The induction of LTP but not of LTD was NMDA receptor dependent, required additional activation of muscarinic receptors in older animals, and persisted in a kainate-driven increased conductance state. Thus, even when neuronal networks engage in high-frequency oscillations, synaptic plasticity remains exquisitely sensitive to the timing of discharges. This is an essential prerequisite for theories which assume that precise synchronization of discharges serves as signature of relatedness in distributed processing.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
13
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
9067-75
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15483125-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15483125-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15483125-Biological Clocks, pubmed-meshheading:15483125-Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:15483125-Long-Term Potentiation, pubmed-meshheading:15483125-Long-Term Synaptic Depression, pubmed-meshheading:15483125-Membrane Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:15483125-Nerve Net, pubmed-meshheading:15483125-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:15483125-Patch-Clamp Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:15483125-Pyramidal Cells, pubmed-meshheading:15483125-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:15483125-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:15483125-Receptors, Muscarinic, pubmed-meshheading:15483125-Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate, pubmed-meshheading:15483125-Synapses, pubmed-meshheading:15483125-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15483125-Visual Cortex
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Phase sensitivity of synaptic modifications in oscillating cells of rat visual cortex.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurophysiology, Max-Planck-Institute for Brain Research, D-60528 Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't