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Viudes-Sarrion N, Velasco E, Delicado-Miralles M, Lillo-Navarro C. Static magnetic stimulation in the central nervous system: a systematic review. Neurol Sci 2021; 42:1733-1749. [PMID: 33675004 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-021-05156-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To systematically review the literature on the use of the transcranial static magnetic stimulation (tSMS) technique in humans and animals, its effects on different areas of the central nervous system (CNS), its influence on neural excitability and on the subject's behavior, and its biological effects and future possibilities. All static magnetic field applications that can be considered to have a physiologically similar effect have been reviewed. METHODS We searched studies using key terms in NCBI PubMed, Scopus, PEDro, SciELO, Cochrane, and links to publications (inception to September 2019). Three reviewers independently selected the studies, extracted data, and assessed the methodological quality of the studies using the recommendations described in the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions, PRISMA guidelines. RESULTS We analyzed 27 studies. The reviewed literature suggests that the use of these magnetic fields has an inhibitory effect on different areas of the CNS, such as motor, somatosensory, and visual cortex, cerebellum, and spinal cord. Regarding subject's behavior, the different effects of tSMS appear to be transient and dependent on the stimulated area, such as loss of visual discrimination or improvement of somatosensory perception. In addition, the technique has some therapeutic utility, specifically in pathologies with cortical hyperexcitability. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that tSMS may be a promising tool to modulate cerebral excitability in a safe and non-invasive way. Further investigations could give a better explanation of its precise mechanisms of action and applications.
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- Nuria Viudes-Sarrion
- Área de Fisioterapia. Departamento de Patología y Cirugía, Universidad Miguel Hernández, 03550, San Juan de Alicante, Spain
- Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante (CSIC-Universidad Miguel Hernández), San Juan de Alicante, Spain
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- Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante (CSIC-Universidad Miguel Hernández), San Juan de Alicante, Spain
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- Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante (CSIC-Universidad Miguel Hernández), San Juan de Alicante, Spain
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- Área de Fisioterapia. Departamento de Patología y Cirugía, Universidad Miguel Hernández, 03550, San Juan de Alicante, Spain.
- Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante (CSIC-Universidad Miguel Hernández), San Juan de Alicante, Spain.
- CEIT Fisioterapia. UMH, San Juan de Alicante, Spain.
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NOJIMA I, OLIVIERO A, MIMA T. Transcranial static magnetic stimulation —From bench to bedside and beyond—. Neurosci Res 2020; 156:250-255. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2019.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2019] [Revised: 11/04/2019] [Accepted: 11/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Arias-Cavieres A, Barrientos GC, Sánchez G, Elgueta C, Muñoz P, Hidalgo C. Ryanodine Receptor-Mediated Calcium Release Has a Key Role in Hippocampal LTD Induction. Front Cell Neurosci 2018; 12:403. [PMID: 30459562 PMCID: PMC6232521 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2018.00403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2017] [Accepted: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The induction of both long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD) of synaptic transmission entails pre- and postsynaptic Ca2+ signals, which represent transient increments in cytoplasmic free Ca2+ concentration. In diverse synapse types, Ca2+ release from intracellular stores contributes to amplify the Ca2+ signals initially generated by activation of neuronal Ca2+ entry pathways. Here, we used hippocampal slices from young male rats to evaluate whether pharmacological activation or inhibition of Ca2+ release from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) mediated by ryanodine receptor (RyR) channels modifies LTD induction at Schaffer collateral-CA1 synapses. Pre-incubation of slices with ryanodine (1 μM, 1 h) or caffeine (1 mM, 30 min) to promote RyR-mediated Ca2+ release facilitated LTD induction by low frequency stimulation (LFS), but did not affect the amplitude of synaptic transmission, the profiles of field excitatory postsynaptic potentials (fEPSP) or the paired-pulse (PP) responses. Conversely, treatment with inhibitory ryanodine (20 μM, 1 h) to suppress RyR-mediated Ca2+ release prevented LTD induction, but did not affect baseline synaptic transmission or PP responses. Previous literature reports indicate that LTD induction requires presynaptic CaMKII activity. We found that 1 h after applying the LTD induction protocol, slices displayed a significant increase in CaMKII phosphorylation relative to the levels exhibited by un-stimulated (naïve) slices. In addition, LTD induction (1 h) enhanced the phosphorylation of the presynaptic protein Synapsin I at a CaMKII-dependent phosphorylation site, indicating that LTD induction stimulates presynaptic CaMKII activity. Pre-incubation of slices with 20 μM ryanodine abolished the increased CaMKII and Synapsin I phosphorylation induced by LTD, whereas naïve slices pre-incubated with inhibitory ryanodine displayed similar CaMKII and Synapsin I phosphorylation levels as naïve control slices. We posit that inhibitory ryanodine suppressed LTD-induced presynaptic CaMKII activity, as evidenced by the suppression of Synapsin I phosphorylation induced by LTD. Accordingly, we propose that presynaptic RyR-mediated Ca2+ signals contribute to LTD induction at Schaffer collateral-CA1 synapses.
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- Alejandra Arias-Cavieres
- Biomedical Neuroscience Institute (BNI), Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Physiology and Biophysics Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Biomedical Neuroscience Institute (BNI), Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Pathophysiology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Systemic and Cellular Neurophysiology, Physiology Institute I, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Pathology and Physiology Department, Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Biomedical Neuroscience Institute (BNI), Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Physiology and Biophysics Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Department of Neuroscience and Center of Molecular Studies of the Cell, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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The c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signal transduction pathway is implicated in learning and memory. Here, we examined the role of JNK activation mediated by the JNK-interacting protein 1 (JIP1) scaffold protein. We compared male wild-type mice with a mouse model harboring a point mutation in the Jip1 gene that selectively blocks JIP1-mediated JNK activation. These male mutant mice exhibited increased NMDAR currents, increased NMDAR-mediated gene expression, and a lower threshold for induction of hippocampal long-term potentiation. The JIP1 mutant mice also displayed improved hippocampus-dependent spatial memory and enhanced associative fear conditioning. These results were confirmed using a second JIP1 mutant mouse model that suppresses JNK activity. Together, these observations establish that JIP1-mediated JNK activation contributes to the regulation of hippocampus-dependent, NMDAR-mediated synaptic plasticity and learning.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT The results of this study demonstrate that c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) activation induced by the JNK-interacting protein 1 (JIP1) scaffold protein negatively regulates the threshold for induction of long-term synaptic plasticity through the NMDA-type glutamate receptor. This change in plasticity threshold influences learning. Indeed, mice with defects in JIP1-mediated JNK activation display enhanced memory in hippocampus-dependent tasks, such as contextual fear conditioning and Morris water maze, indicating that JIP1-JNK constrains spatial memory. This study identifies JIP1-mediated JNK activation as a novel molecular pathway that negatively regulates NMDAR-dependent synaptic plasticity and memory.
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Kirimoto H, Tamaki H, Otsuru N, Yamashiro K, Onishi H, Nojima I, Oliviero A. Transcranial Static Magnetic Field Stimulation over the Primary Motor Cortex Induces Plastic Changes in Cortical Nociceptive Processing. Front Hum Neurosci 2018; 12:63. [PMID: 29497371 PMCID: PMC5818436 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2018.00063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2017] [Accepted: 02/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Transcranial static magnetic field stimulation (tSMS) is a novel and inexpensive, non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) technique. Here, we performed non-invasive modulation of intra-epidermal electrical stimulation-evoked potentials (IES-EPs) by applying tSMS or sham stimulation over the primary motor (M1) and somatosensory (S1) cortices in 18 healthy volunteers for 15 min. We recorded EPs after IES before, right after, and 10 min after tSMS. The IES-EP amplitude was significantly reduced immediately after tSMS over M1, whereas tSMS over S1 and sham stimulation did not affect the IES-EP amplitude. Thus, tSMS may affect cortical nociceptive processing. Although the results of intervention for experimental acute pain in healthy subjects cannot be directly translated into the clinical situation, tSMS may be a potentially useful NIBS method for managing chronic pain, in addition to standard of care treatments.
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- Hikari Kirimoto
- Department of Sensorimotor Neuroscience, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Institute for Human Movement and Medical Sciences, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata, Japan
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- Institute for Human Movement and Medical Sciences, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata, Japan
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- Institute for Human Movement and Medical Sciences, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata, Japan
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- Institute for Human Movement and Medical Sciences, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata, Japan
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- Human Cortical Physiology and Neurorehabilitation Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- FENNSI Group, Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, Servicio de Salud de Castilla La Mancha (SESCAM), Toledo, Spain
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Medina AE, Wozniak JR, Klintsova AY, Hamilton DA. Proceedings of the 2016 annual meeting of the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Study Group. Alcohol 2017; 65:19-24. [PMID: 29084625 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2017.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2017] [Accepted: 07/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The 2016 Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Study Group (FASDSG) meeting was titled "Rehabilitation in FASD: Potential Interventions and Challenges". During the previous decades, studies with human subjects and animal models have improved much of our understanding of the mechanisms underlying FASD, putting the scientific community in a good position to test hypotheses that can lead to potential therapeutic interventions. During the conference, two keynote speakers addressed potential interventions used in different fields and their applicability to FASD research. The conference also included updates from several government agencies, short presentations by junior and senior investigators that showcased the latest in FASD research, and award presentations. The conference was closed by a talk by Dr. Charles Goodlett, the recipient of the 2016 Henry Rosett award.
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Kirimoto H, Asao A, Tamaki H, Onishi H. Non-invasive modulation of somatosensory evoked potentials by the application of static magnetic fields over the primary and supplementary motor cortices. Sci Rep 2016; 6:34509. [PMID: 27698365 PMCID: PMC5048290 DOI: 10.1038/srep34509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2016] [Accepted: 09/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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This study was performed to investigate the possibility of non-invasive modulation of SEPs by the application of transcranial static magnetic field stimulation (tSMS) over the primary motor cortex (M1) and supplementary motor cortex (SMA), and to measure the strength of the NdFeB magnetic field by using a gaussmeter. An NdFeB magnet or a non-magnetic stainless steel cylinder (for sham stimulation) was settled on the scalp over M1 and SMA of 14 subjects for periods of 15 min. SEPs following right median nerve stimulation were recorded before and immediately after, 5 min after, and 10 min after tSMS from sites C3′ and F3. Amplitudes of the N33 component of SEPs at C3′ significantly decreased immediately after tSMS over M1 by up to 20%. However, tSMS over the SMA did not affect the amplitude of any of the SEP components. At a distance of 2–3 cm (rough depth of the cortex), magnetic field strength was in the range of 110–190 mT. Our results that tSMS over M1 can reduce the amplitude of SEPs are consistent with those of low-frequency repeated TMS and cathodal tDCS studies. Therefore, tSMS could be a useful tool for modulating cortical somatosensory processing.
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- Hikari Kirimoto
- Institute for Human Movement and Medical Sciences, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata, Japan
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- Institute for Human Movement and Medical Sciences, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata, Japan
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- Institute for Human Movement and Medical Sciences, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata, Japan
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- Institute for Human Movement and Medical Sciences, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata, Japan
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Kirimoto H, Tamaki H, Matsumoto T, Sugawara K, Suzuki M, Oyama M, Onishi H. Effect of Transcranial Static Magnetic Field Stimulation Over the Sensorimotor Cortex on Somatosensory Evoked Potentials in Humans. Brain Stimul 2014; 7:836-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2014.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2014] [Revised: 09/20/2014] [Accepted: 09/23/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Paula-Lima AC, Adasme T, Hidalgo C. Contribution of Ca2+ release channels to hippocampal synaptic plasticity and spatial memory: potential redox modulation. Antioxid Redox Signal 2014; 21:892-914. [PMID: 24410659 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2013.5796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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SIGNIFICANCE Memory is an essential human cognitive function. Consequently, to unravel the cellular and molecular mechanisms responsible for the synaptic plasticity events underlying memory formation, storage and loss represents a major challenge of present-day neuroscience. RECENT ADVANCES This review article first describes the wide-ranging functions played by intracellular Ca2+ signals in the activity-dependent synaptic plasticity processes underlying hippocampal spatial memory, and next, it focuses on how the endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ release channels, the ryanodine receptors, and the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors contribute to these processes. We present a detailed examination of recent evidence supporting the key role played by Ca2+ release channels in synaptic plasticity, including structural plasticity, and the formation/consolidation of spatial memory in the hippocampus. CRITICAL ISSUES Changes in cellular oxidative state particularly affect the function of Ca2+ release channels and alter hippocampal synaptic plasticity and the associated memory processes. Emphasis is placed in this review on how defective Ca2+ release, presumably due to increased levels of reactive oxygen species, may cause the hippocampal functional defects that are associated to aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD). FUTURE DIRECTIONS Additional studies should examine the precise molecular mechanisms by which Ca2+ release channels contribute to hippocampal synaptic plasticity and spatial memory formation/consolidation. Future studies should test whether redox-modified Ca2+ release channels contribute toward generating the intracellular Ca2+ signals required for sustained synaptic plasticity and hippocampal spatial memory, and whether loss of redox balance and oxidative stress, by altering Ca2+ release channel function, presumably contribute to the abnormal memory processes that occur during aging and AD.
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- Andrea C Paula-Lima
- 1 Faculty of Dentistry, Institute for Research in Dental Sciences, Universidad de Chile , Santiago, Chile
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Muller PA, Dhamne SC, Vahabzadeh-Hagh AM, Pascual-Leone A, Jensen FE, Rotenberg A. Suppression of motor cortical excitability in anesthetized rats by low frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. PLoS One 2014; 9:e91065. [PMID: 24646791 PMCID: PMC3960125 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2013] [Accepted: 02/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a widely-used method for modulating cortical excitability in humans, by mechanisms thought to involve use-dependent synaptic plasticity. For example, when low frequency rTMS (LF rTMS) is applied over the motor cortex, in humans, it predictably leads to a suppression of the motor evoked potential (MEP), presumably reflecting long-term depression (LTD) -like mechanisms. Yet how closely such rTMS effects actually match LTD is unknown. We therefore sought to (1) reproduce cortico-spinal depression by LF rTMS in rats, (2) establish a reliable animal model for rTMS effects that may enable mechanistic studies, and (3) test whether LTD-like properties are evident in the rat LF rTMS setup. Lateralized MEPs were obtained from anesthetized Long-Evans rats. To test frequency-dependence of LF rTMS, rats underwent rTMS at one of three frequencies, 0.25, 0.5, or 1 Hz. We next tested the dependence of rTMS effects on N-methyl-D-aspartate glutamate receptor (NMDAR), by application of two NMDAR antagonists. We find that 1 Hz rTMS preferentially depresses unilateral MEP in rats, and that this LTD-like effect is blocked by NMDAR antagonists. These are the first electrophysiological data showing depression of cortical excitability following LF rTMS in rats, and the first to demonstrate dependence of this form of cortical plasticity on the NMDAR. We also note that our report is the first to show that the capacity for LTD-type cortical suppression by rTMS is present under barbiturate anesthesia, suggesting that future neuromodulatory rTMS applications under anesthesia may be considered.
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- Paul A. Muller
- Department of Neurology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació Guttmann, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain
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- Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Baker KD, Edwards TM, Rickard NS. The role of intracellular calcium stores in synaptic plasticity and memory consolidation. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2013; 37:1211-39. [PMID: 23639769 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2013] [Revised: 04/18/2013] [Accepted: 04/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Memory processing requires tightly controlled signalling cascades, many of which are dependent upon intracellular calcium (Ca(2+)). Despite this, most work investigating calcium signalling in memory formation has focused on plasma membrane channels and extracellular sources of Ca(2+). The intracellular Ca(2+) release channels, ryanodine receptors (RyRs) and inositol (1,4,5)-trisphosphate receptors (IP3Rs) have a significant capacity to regulate intracellular Ca(2+) signalling. Evidence at both cellular and behavioural levels implicates both RyRs and IP3Rs in synaptic plasticity and memory formation. Pharmacobehavioural experiments using young chicks trained on a single-trial discrimination avoidance task have been particularly useful by demonstrating that RyRs and IP3Rs have distinct roles in memory formation. RyR-dependent Ca(2+) release appears to aid the consolidation of labile memory into a persistent long-term memory trace. In contrast, IP3Rs are required during long-term memory. This review discusses various functions for RyRs and IP3Rs in memory processing, including neuro- and glio-transmitter release, dendritic spine remodelling, facilitating vasodilation, and the regulation of gene transcription and dendritic excitability. Altered Ca(2+) release from intracellular stores also has significant implications for neurodegenerative conditions.
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- Kathryn D Baker
- School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia.
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Effect of low-frequency electrical stimulation parameters on its anticonvulsant action during rapid perforant path kindling in rat. Epilepsy Res 2012; 99:69-77. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2011.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2011] [Revised: 10/13/2011] [Accepted: 10/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Long-term depression of spinal nociception and pain in man: Influence of varying stimulation parameters. Eur J Pain 2012; 13:161-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2008.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2007] [Revised: 03/14/2008] [Accepted: 04/05/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Michmizos D, Koutsouraki E, Asprodini E, Baloyannis S. Synaptic Plasticity: A Unifying Model to Address Some Persisting Questions. Int J Neurosci 2011; 121:289-304. [DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2011.556283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Yoshimura H. The potential of caffeine for functional modification from cortical synapses to neuron networks in the brain. Curr Neuropharmacol 2010; 3:309-16. [PMID: 18369398 DOI: 10.2174/157015905774322543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2005] [Accepted: 07/08/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Structure and function of the brain are use-dependent variables based on "synapse plasticity". Since synapses are driven by chemical transmitters, synaptic functions are liable to be modified by extrinsic chemicals displaying affinities for synaptic receptors or modulators. Caffeine is a widely used chemical substance that can invade synapses, and has several biochemical and metabolic actions on synaptic activities. This review focuses on the actions of caffeine on changes in structure and function in the region of the hippocampal formation and neocortex, which exhibit high synapse plasticity. At the synapse level, various synaptic receptors and channel activities are modulated by caffeine via mobilization of intracellular calcium, inhibition of phosphodiesterase, antagonism of adenosine receptors and GABA receptors. These actions of caffeine enable neurons to induce plastic changes in the properties of synaptic activities, such as synaptic transmission efficiency and morphology. At the network level, caffeine has the ability to activate cortical neural oscillators that deliver repetitive N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-dependent signals to surrounding areas, causing strengthening of long-range inter-cortical communications. Caffeine might thus allow reorganization of cortical network functions via synaptic mobilizations.
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- Hiroshi Yoshimura
- Departments of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada-cho 920-0293, Japan.
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Ueta Y, Yamamoto R, Sugiura S, Inokuchi K, Kato N. Homer 1a suppresses neocortex long-term depression in a cortical layer-specific manner. J Neurophysiol 2007; 99:950-7. [PMID: 18077661 DOI: 10.1152/jn.01101.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Homer1a/Vesl-1S is an activity-dependently induced member of the scaffold protein family Homer/Vesl, which is known to link group I metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) to endoplasmic calcium release channels and to regulate them. Here we studied roles of Homer 1a in inducing long-term depression (LTD) in rat visual cortex slices. Homer 1a protein was injected by diffusion from whole cell patch pipettes. In layer VI pyramidal cells, LTD was reduced in magnitude with Homer 1a. LTD in layer VI was suppressed by applying antagonists of mGluR5, a subtype of group I mGluRs expressed with higher density than mGluR1 in neocortex pyramidal cells, or inositol-1,4,5-triphosphate receptors (IP3Rs) but not that against N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors (NMDARs). In layer II/III or layer V, Homer 1a injection was unable to affect LTD, which is mostly dependent on NMDARs and not on group I mGluRs in these layers. To examine the effects of endogenous Homer 1a, electroconvulsive shock (ECS) was applied. Homer 1a thereby induced, as did Homer 1a injection, reduced LTD magnitude in layer VI pyramidal cells and failed to do so in layer II/III or layer V pyramidal cells. These results indicate that both exo- and endogenous Homer 1a suppressed LTD in a cortical layer-specific manner, and its layer-specificity may be explained by the high affinity of Homer 1a to group I mGluRs.
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- Yoshifumi Ueta
- Department of Physiology, Kanazawa Medical University, 920-0293 Ishikawa, Japan
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Udagawa R, Nakano M, Kato N. Blocking L-type calcium channels enhances long-term depression induced by low-frequency stimulation at hippocampal CA1 synapses. Brain Res 2006; 1124:28-36. [PMID: 17084819 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.09.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2006] [Revised: 09/08/2006] [Accepted: 09/17/2006] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Specific contributions of voltage-dependent calcium channels (VDCCs) to induction of long-term depression (LTD) have not been thoroughly elucidated. The present study examined roles of T- and L-type VDCCs in N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-dependent LTD induced at several different levels of synaptic activation (0.5- to 10-Hz presynaptic stimulations) at Schaffer collateral-CA1 synapses in rat hippocampal slices. Blockade of T-type VDCCs with nickel ions failed to change LTD magnitude at all levels of stimulation. However, blockade of L-type VDCCs reduced LTD in response to stimulation at 1 and 2 Hz and, conversely, enhanced LTD at a lower frequency (0.5 Hz). The enhancement of 0.5-Hz LTD under L-type VDCC blockade was shown pharmacologically to depend on NMDA receptors (NMDARs) and intracellular Ca(2+) release. Calcium imaging revealed that contribution of L-type VDCC-mediated calcium influx to the total calcium increase was greater during 0.5-Hz stimulation than during 1.0-Hz stimulation. This finding, combined with the reported suppression of NMDARs mediated by L-type VDCCs, may be relevant to the present enhancement of 0.5-Hz LTD due to L-type VDCC blockade.
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- Rie Udagawa
- Department of Integrative Brain Science, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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Alshuaib WB, Cherian SP, Hasan MY, Fahim MA. Modulation of neuronal [Ca2+]i by caffeine is altered with aging. Int J Dev Neurosci 2006; 24:389-94. [PMID: 16930926 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2006.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2006] [Revised: 05/22/2006] [Accepted: 05/30/2006] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Voltage-dependent calcium channels play an important role in controlling many neuronal processes such as neuronal excitability and synaptic transmission. Any slight alteration in intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) can have a considerable impact on various neuronal functions. The effects of caffeine on [Ca2+]i were studied in CA1 hippocampal neurons of young (2 months) and old (24 months) C57BL mice. Fura 2-AM fluorescence photometry was used to measure [Ca2+]i in the presence and absence of caffeine (100 microM) in response to KCl (26 mM) application. Caffeine enhanced the peak [Ca2+]i as compared to control solution in young mice (control: 325+/-8 nM, caffeine: 402+/-10 nM), but had no effect on the peak [Ca2+]i in old mice (control: 222+/-6 nM, caffeine: 223+/-7 nM). These results indicate that caffeine can impact neuronal functions through the modification of [Ca2+]i. The lack of caffeine-induced modulation of [Ca2+]i in old mice suggests that this role of caffeine has been compromised with aging.
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Affiliation(s)
- Waleed B Alshuaib
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, PO Box 24923, Safat 13110, Kuwait.
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Alshuaib WB, Mathew MV. Caffeine modulates potassium currents in Drosophila neurons. Int J Dev Neurosci 2006; 24:249-53. [PMID: 16621420 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2006.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2005] [Revised: 02/27/2006] [Accepted: 03/02/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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We investigated the effects of caffeine on the delayed-rectifier potassium current (IK(DR)) which is important in repolarizing the membrane potential, and the transient A-type potassium current (IK(A)) which regulates neuronal firing threshold and the rate of repetitive action potentials. The whole-cell patch-clamp technique was used to measure the currents from cultured Drosophila neurons derived from embryonic neuroblasts. The currents were measured from neurons before and after the application of 1mM caffeine to the external saline of the same neuron. IK(DR) measured in the caffeine-containing solution (470+/-36 pA, n=18), was smaller than that measured in the control 6K/0Ca Tris solution (745+/-51 pA, n=18). IK(A) measured in the caffeine-containing solution (17+/-2 pA, n=16) was smaller than that measured in the control 6K/0Ca Tris solution (35+/-4 pA, n=16). These results indicate that caffeine reduces IK(DR) and IK(A) amplitudes and possibly leads to increased action potential frequency and enhanced neuronal excitability.
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Affiliation(s)
- Waleed B Alshuaib
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait.
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Etkin A, Alarcón JM, Weisberg SP, Touzani K, Huang YY, Nordheim A, Kandel ER. A Role in Learning for SRF: Deletion in the Adult Forebrain Disrupts LTD and the Formation of an Immediate Memory of a Novel Context. Neuron 2006; 50:127-43. [PMID: 16600861 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2006.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2005] [Revised: 12/13/2005] [Accepted: 02/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Whereas significant insight exists as to how LTP-related changes can contribute to the formation of long-term memory, little is known about the role of hippocampal LTD-like changes in learning and memory storage. We describe a mouse lacking the transcription factor SRF in the adult forebrain. This mouse could not acquire a hippocampus-based immediate memory for a novel context even across a few minute timespan, which led to a profound but selective deficit in explicit spatial memory. These animals were also impaired in the induction of LTD, including LTD triggered by a cholinergic agonist. Moreover, genes regulating two processes essential for LTD-calcium release from intracellular stores and phosphatase activation-were abnormally expressed in knockouts. These findings suggest that for the hippocampus to form associative spatial memories through LTP-like processes, it must first undergo learning of the context per se through exploration and the learning of familiarity, which requires LTD-like processes.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Behavior, Animal
- Blotting, Northern/methods
- Carbachol/pharmacology
- Cholinergic Agonists/pharmacology
- Clathrin Heavy Chains/metabolism
- Discrimination, Psychological/physiology
- Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
- Early Growth Response Protein 1/metabolism
- Electric Stimulation/methods
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Exploratory Behavior/physiology
- Gene Expression/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/physiology
- Habituation, Psychophysiologic/physiology
- Hippocampus/metabolism
- Immunohistochemistry/methods
- In Situ Hybridization/methods
- Indoles/pharmacology
- Learning/physiology
- Long-Term Synaptic Depression/genetics
- Long-Term Synaptic Depression/physiology
- Maze Learning/physiology
- Memory, Short-Term/physiology
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Models, Neurological
- Olfactory Bulb/physiology
- Prosencephalon/physiology
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods
- Serum Response Factor/deficiency
- Serum Response Factor/physiology
- Time Factors
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Affiliation(s)
- Amit Etkin
- Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University Medical Center, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Cohen JE, Fields RD. CaMKII inactivation by extracellular Ca(2+) depletion in dorsal root ganglion neurons. Cell Calcium 2006; 39:445-54. [PMID: 16519936 PMCID: PMC2365305 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2006.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2005] [Revised: 11/21/2005] [Accepted: 01/21/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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A mechanism by which Ca(2+)/CaM-dependent protein kinase (CaMKII) is autophosphorylated by changes in extracellular calcium in the absence of detectable changes in cytoplasmic [Ca(2+)] has been identified. We find that when the external Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](O)) is lowered, Ca(2+) is released from intracellular stores to maintain a constant cytoplasmic Ca(2+) level, gradually depleting the endoplasmic Ca(2+) stores. Accompanying the store-depletion is a rapid decrease in CaMKII activity. Approximately 25% of the measured CaMKII autophosphorylation in DRG neurons in culture can be regulated by Ca(2+) flux from intracellular stores caused by manipulating [Ca(2+)](O), as shown by blocking refilling of store-operated Ca(2+)-channels with SK&F 96365, Ruthenium Red, and a partial block with Ni(2+). Blocking voltage-gated Ca(2+)-channels with either isradipine or SR 33805, had no effect on CaMKII autophosphorylation induced by restoring Ca(2+)(O) to normal after depleting the intracellular Ca(2+) stores. These results show that removal of Ca(2+)(O) has profound effects on intracellular Ca(2+) signaling and CaMKII autophosphorylation, in the absence of measurable changes in intracellular Ca(2+). These findings have wide-ranging significance, because [Ca(2+)](O) is manipulated in many experimental studies. Moreover, this explanation for the paradoxical changes in CaMKII phosphorylation in response to manipulating [Ca(2+)](O) provides a possible mechanism linking activity-dependent depletion of Ca(2+) from the synaptic cleft to a protein kinase regulating many neuronal properties.
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- Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 301 480 3209; fax: +1 301 496 9630. E-mail address: (R.D. Fields)
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Anwyl R. Induction and expression mechanisms of postsynaptic NMDA receptor-independent homosynaptic long-term depression. Prog Neurobiol 2006; 78:17-37. [PMID: 16423442 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2005.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2005] [Revised: 11/21/2005] [Accepted: 12/01/2005] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The induction of long-term depression (LTD) can be divided into two main forms, one dependent upon activation of postsynaptic NMDAR, and another independent of postsynaptic NMDAR. Non-postsynaptic NMDAR-LTD (non-NMDAR-LTD) occurs in many regions of the brain, and encompasses a wide variety of induction and expression mechanisms. In this article, the induction and expression mechanisms of such LTD in over 10 brain regions are described, with a number of common mechanisms compared across a large range of types of LTD. The article describes the involvement of different presynaptic or postsynaptic receptors in the induction of non-NMDAR-LTD, especially metabotropic glutamate receptors, cannabinoid receptors and dopamine receptors. An increase in presynaptic or postsynaptic intracellular Ca concentration is a key event in induction, commonly followed by activation of certain kinases, especially PKC, p38 MAPK and ERK. Expression mechanisms are either presynaptic via a reduction in release probability, or postsynaptic involving a decrease in AMPAR via phosphorylation of a glutamate receptor subunit, especially GluR2, followed by clathrin-mediated endocytosis. Retrograde signalling from postsynaptic to presynaptic occurs when induction is postsynaptic and expression is presynaptic.
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- Roger Anwyl
- Department of Physiology, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland.
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Kumar A, Foster TC. Intracellular calcium stores contribute to increased susceptibility to LTD induction during aging. Brain Res 2005; 1031:125-8. [PMID: 15621020 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/22/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Release of Ca(2+) from intracellular Ca(2+) stores (ICS) is involved in age-related changes in the induction of long-term potentiation. However, the role of this Ca(2+) source for the increased susceptibility to long-term depression (LTD) with advanced age is unknown. Extracellular excitatory postsynaptic field potentials were recorded from CA3-CA1 synaptic contacts from hippocampal slices obtained from young (5-8 months) and aged (22-24 months) male Fischer 344 rats. Blockade of Ca(2+)-release from ICS by cyclopiazonic acid, thapsigargin, or ryanodine blocked LTD induction in aged rats. Impaired LTD was not simply due to a loss of a Ca(2+) source. The idea that ICS may play prominent role in regulating synaptic modifiability through regulation of cell excitability and the timing of pre and postsynaptic activity is discussed.
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- Ashok Kumar
- Department of Neuroscience, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, PO Box 100244, Gainesville, FL 32610-0244, USA
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LTP and LTD, the long-term potentiation and depression of excitatory synaptic transmission, are widespread phenomena expressed at possibly every excitatory synapse in the mammalian brain. It is now clear that "LTP" and "LTD" are not unitary phenomena. Their mechanisms vary depending on the synapses and circuits in which they operate. Here we review those forms of LTP and LTD for which mechanisms have been most firmly established. Examples are provided that show how these mechanisms can contribute to experience-dependent modifications of brain function.
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- Robert C Malenka
- Nancy Pritzker Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.
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