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Carretero-Guillén A, Treviño M, Gómez-Climent MÁ, Dogbevia GK, Bertocchi I, Sprengel R, Larkum ME, Vlachos A, Gruart A, Delgado-García JM, Hasan MT. Dentate gyrus is needed for memory retrieval. Mol Psychiatry 2024:10.1038/s41380-024-02546-0. [PMID: 38609585 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-024-02546-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2023] [Revised: 03/03/2024] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024]
Abstract
The hippocampus is crucial for acquiring and retrieving episodic and contextual memories. In previous studies, the inactivation of dentate gyrus (DG) neurons by chemogenetic- and optogenetic-mediated hyperpolarization led to opposing conclusions about DG's role in memory retrieval. One study used Designer Receptors Exclusively Activated by Designer Drugs (DREADD)-mediated clozapine N-oxide (CNO)-induced hyperpolarization and reported that the previously formed memory was erased, thus concluding that denate gyrus is needed for memory maintenance. The other study used optogenetic with halorhodopsin induced hyperpolarization and reported and dentate gyrus is needed for memory retrieval. We hypothesized that this apparent discrepancy could be due to the length of hyperpolarization in previous studies; minutes by optogenetics and several hours by DREADD/CNO. Since hyperpolarization interferes with anterograde and retrograde neuronal signaling, it is possible that the memory engram in the dentate gyrus and the entorhinal to hippocampus trisynaptic circuit was erased by long-term, but not with short-term hyperpolarization. We developed and applied an advanced chemogenetic technology to selectively silence synaptic output by blocking neurotransmitter release without hyperpolarizing DG neurons to explore this apparent discrepancy. We performed in vivo electrophysiology during trace eyeblink in a rabbit model of associative learning. Our work shows that the DG output is required for memory retrieval. Based on previous and recent findings, we propose that the actively functional anterograde and retrograde neuronal signaling is necessary to preserve synaptic memory engrams along the entorhinal cortex to the hippocampal trisynaptic circuit.
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- Alejandro Carretero-Guillén
- Division of Neuroscience, University Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
- Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Leioa, Spain
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- Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany
- Instituto de Neurociencias, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, 44130, México
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- Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany
- Health Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany
- Neuroscience Institute Cavalieri-Ottolenghi (NICO), University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Neuroscience, University Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
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- Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Leioa, Spain.
- Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany.
- NeuroCure, Charité - Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany.
- Ikerbasque - Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain.
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Kuroki S, Mizuseki K. CA3 Circuit Model Compressing Sequential Information in Theta Oscillation and Replay. Neural Comput 2024; 36:501-548. [PMID: 38457750 DOI: 10.1162/neco_a_01641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 03/10/2024]
Abstract
The hippocampus plays a critical role in the compression and retrieval of sequential information. During wakefulness, it achieves this through theta phase precession and theta sequences. Subsequently, during periods of sleep or rest, the compressed information reactivates through sharp-wave ripple events, manifesting as memory replay. However, how these sequential neuronal activities are generated and how they store information about the external environment remain unknown. We developed a hippocampal cornu ammonis 3 (CA3) computational model based on anatomical and electrophysiological evidence from the biological CA3 circuit to address these questions. The model comprises theta rhythm inhibition, place input, and CA3-CA3 plastic recurrent connection. The model can compress the sequence of the external inputs, reproduce theta phase precession and replay, learn additional sequences, and reorganize previously learned sequences. A gradual increase in synaptic inputs, controlled by interactions between theta-paced inhibition and place inputs, explained the mechanism of sequence acquisition. This model highlights the crucial role of plasticity in the CA3 recurrent connection and theta oscillational dynamics and hypothesizes how the CA3 circuit acquires, compresses, and replays sequential information.
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- Satoshi Kuroki
- Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, 545-8585, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, 545-8585, Japan
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Zheng Y, Liu XL, Nishiyama S, Ranganath C, O’Reilly RC. Correcting the hebbian mistake: Toward a fully error-driven hippocampus. PLoS Comput Biol 2022; 18:e1010589. [PMID: 36219613 PMCID: PMC9586412 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Revised: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
The hippocampus plays a critical role in the rapid learning of new episodic memories. Many computational models propose that the hippocampus is an autoassociator that relies on Hebbian learning (i.e., "cells that fire together, wire together"). However, Hebbian learning is computationally suboptimal as it does not learn in a way that is driven toward, and limited by, the objective of achieving effective retrieval. Thus, Hebbian learning results in more interference and a lower overall capacity. Our previous computational models have utilized a powerful, biologically plausible form of error-driven learning in hippocampal CA1 and entorhinal cortex (EC) (functioning as a sparse autoencoder) by contrasting local activity states at different phases in the theta cycle. Based on specific neural data and a recent abstract computational model, we propose a new model called Theremin (Total Hippocampal ERror MINimization) that extends error-driven learning to area CA3-the mnemonic heart of the hippocampal system. In the model, CA3 responds to the EC monosynaptic input prior to the EC disynaptic input through dentate gyrus (DG), giving rise to a temporal difference between these two activation states, which drives error-driven learning in the EC→CA3 and CA3↔CA3 projections. In effect, DG serves as a teacher to CA3, correcting its patterns into more pattern-separated ones, thereby reducing interference. Results showed that Theremin, compared with our original Hebbian-based model, has significantly increased capacity and learning speed. The model makes several novel predictions that can be tested in future studies.
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- Yicong Zheng
- Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America
- Center for Neuroscience, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China
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- Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America
- Center for Neuroscience, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America
- Center for Neuroscience, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America
- Department of Computer Science, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America
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Eom K, Lee HR, Hyun JH, An H, Lee YS, Ho WK, Lee SH. Gradual decorrelation of CA3 ensembles associated with contextual discrimination learning is impaired by Kv1.2 insufficiency. Hippocampus 2021; 32:193-216. [PMID: 34964210 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.23400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2021] [Revised: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
The associative network of hippocampal CA3 is thought to contribute to rapid formation of contextual memory from one-trial learning, but the network mechanisms underlying decorrelation of neuronal ensembles in CA3 is largely unknown. Kv1.2 expressions in rodent CA3 pyramidal cells (CA3-PCs) are polarized to distal apical dendrites, and its downregulation specifically enhances dendritic responses to perforant pathway (PP) synaptic inputs. We found that haploinsufficiency of Kv1.2 (Kcna2+/-) in CA3-PCs, but not Kv1.1 (Kcna1+/-), lowers the threshold for long-term potentiation (LTP) at PP-CA3 synapses, and that the Kcna2+/- mice are normal in discrimination of distinct contexts but impaired in discrimination of similar but slightly distinct contexts. We further examined the neuronal ensembles in CA3 and dentate gyrus (DG), which represent the two similar contexts using in situ hybridization of immediate early genes, Homer1a and Arc. The size and overlap of CA3 ensembles activated by the first visit to the similar contexts were not different between wild type and Kcna2+/- mice, but these ensemble parameters diverged over training days between genotypes, suggesting that abnormal plastic changes at PP-CA3 synapses of Kcna2+/- mice is responsible for the impaired pattern separation. Unlike CA3, DG ensembles were not different between two genotype mice. The DG ensembles were already separated on the first day, and their overlap did not further evolve. Eventually, the Kcna2+/- mice exhibited larger CA3 ensemble size and overlap upon retrieval of two contexts, compared to wild type or Kcna1+/- mice. These results suggest that sparse LTP at PP-CA3 synapse probably supervised by mossy fiber inputs is essential for gradual decorrelation of CA3 ensembles.
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- Kisang Eom
- Cell Physiology Laboratory, Department of Physiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Cell Physiology Laboratory, Department of Physiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Cell Physiology Laboratory, Department of Physiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Cell Physiology Laboratory, Department of Physiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Department of Brain and Cognitive Science, Seoul National University College of Natural Sciences, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Cell Physiology Laboratory, Department of Physiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Cell Physiology Laboratory, Department of Physiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Department of Brain and Cognitive Science, Seoul National University College of Natural Sciences, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Cell Physiology Laboratory, Department of Physiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Department of Brain and Cognitive Science, Seoul National University College of Natural Sciences, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Jenks KR, Tsimring K, Ip JPK, Zepeda JC, Sur M. Heterosynaptic Plasticity and the Experience-Dependent Refinement of Developing Neuronal Circuits. Front Neural Circuits 2021; 15:803401. [PMID: 34949992 PMCID: PMC8689143 DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2021.803401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Neurons remodel the structure and strength of their synapses during critical periods of development in order to optimize both perception and cognition. Many of these developmental synaptic changes are thought to occur through synapse-specific homosynaptic forms of experience-dependent plasticity. However, homosynaptic plasticity can also induce or contribute to the plasticity of neighboring synapses through heterosynaptic interactions. Decades of research in vitro have uncovered many of the molecular mechanisms of heterosynaptic plasticity that mediate local compensation for homosynaptic plasticity, facilitation of further bouts of plasticity in nearby synapses, and cooperative induction of plasticity by neighboring synapses acting in concert. These discoveries greatly benefited from new tools and technologies that permitted single synapse imaging and manipulation of structure, function, and protein dynamics in living neurons. With the recent advent and application of similar tools for in vivo research, it is now feasible to explore how heterosynaptic plasticity contribute to critical periods and the development of neuronal circuits. In this review, we will first define the forms heterosynaptic plasticity can take and describe our current understanding of their molecular mechanisms. Then, we will outline how heterosynaptic plasticity may lead to meaningful refinement of neuronal responses and observations that suggest such mechanisms are indeed at work in vivo. Finally, we will use a well-studied model of cortical plasticity—ocular dominance plasticity during a critical period of visual cortex development—to highlight the molecular overlap between heterosynaptic and developmental forms of plasticity, and suggest potential avenues of future research.
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- Kyle R Jenks
- Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
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- Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
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- Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
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Yanagi T, Kaminaga K, Suzuki M, Abe H, Yamamoto H, Ohshima T, Kuwahata A, Sekino M, Imaoka T, Kakinuma S, Sugi T, Kada W, Hanaizumi O, Igarashi R. All-Optical Wide-Field Selective Imaging of Fluorescent Nanodiamonds in Cells, In Vivo and Ex Vivo. ACS NANO 2021; 15:12869-12879. [PMID: 34339180 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c07740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Fluorescence imaging is a critical tool to understand the spatial distribution of biomacromolecules in cells and in vivo, providing information on molecular dynamics and interactions. Numerous valuable insights into biological systems have been provided by the specific detection of various molecular species. However, molecule-selective detection is often hampered by background fluorescence, such as cell autofluorescence and fluorescence leakage from molecules stained by other dyes. Here we describe a method for all-optical selective imaging of fluorescent nanodiamonds containing nitrogen-vacancy centers (NVCs) for wide-field fluorescence bioimaging. The method is based on the fact that the fluorescence intensity of NVCs strictly depends on the configuration of ground-state electron spins, which can be controlled by changing the pulse recurrence intervals of microsecond excitation laser pulses. Therefore, by using regulated laser pulses, we can oscillate the fluorescence from NVCs in a nanodiamond, while oscillating other optical signals in the opposite phase to NVCs. As a result, we can reconstruct a selective image of a nanodiamond by using a series of oscillated fluorescence images. We demonstrate application of the method to the selective imaging of nanodiamonds in live cells, in microanimals, and on a hippocampal slice culture obtained from a rat. Our approach potentially enables us to achieve high-contrast images of nanodiamond-labeled biomolecules with a signal-to-background ratio improved by up to 100-fold over the standard fluorescence image, thereby providing a more powerful tool for the investigation of molecular dynamics in cells and in vivo.
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- Tamami Yanagi
- Institute for Quantum Life Science, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
- Division of Electronics and Informatics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Gunma University, Kiryu, Gunma 376-8515, Japan
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- Institute for Quantum Life Science, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
- National Institute of Radiological Sciences, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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- Institute for Quantum Life Science, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
- Takasaki Advanced Radiation Research Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Takasaki, Gunma 370-1292, Japan
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- Institute for Quantum Life Science, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
- Takasaki Advanced Radiation Research Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Takasaki, Gunma 370-1292, Japan
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- Institute for Quantum Life Science, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Institute for Quantum Life Science, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
- Takasaki Advanced Radiation Research Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Takasaki, Gunma 370-1292, Japan
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8579, Japan
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Institute for Quantum Life Science, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
- National Institute of Radiological Sciences, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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- Institute for Quantum Life Science, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
- National Institute of Radiological Sciences, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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- Program of Biomedical Science, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-0046, Japan
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- Division of Electronics and Informatics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Gunma University, Kiryu, Gunma 376-8515, Japan
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- Division of Electronics and Informatics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Gunma University, Kiryu, Gunma 376-8515, Japan
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- Institute for Quantum Life Science, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
- National Institute of Radiological Sciences, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
- JST, PRESTO, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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Dentate gyrus circuits for encoding, retrieval and discrimination of episodic memories. Nat Rev Neurosci 2020; 21:153-168. [PMID: 32042144 DOI: 10.1038/s41583-019-0260-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 186] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
The dentate gyrus (DG) has a key role in hippocampal memory formation. Intriguingly, DG lesions impair many, but not all, hippocampus-dependent mnemonic functions, indicating that the rest of the hippocampus (CA1-CA3) can operate autonomously under certain conditions. An extensive body of theoretical work has proposed how the architectural elements and various cell types of the DG may underlie its function in cognition. Recent studies recorded and manipulated the activity of different neuron types in the DG during memory tasks and have provided exciting new insights into the mechanisms of DG computational processes, particularly for the encoding, retrieval and discrimination of similar memories. Here, we review these DG-dependent mnemonic functions in light of the new findings and explore mechanistic links between the cellular and network properties of, and the computations performed by, the DG.
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Intracellular Zn 2+ Signaling Facilitates Mossy Fiber Input-Induced Heterosynaptic Potentiation of Direct Cortical Inputs in Hippocampal CA3 Pyramidal Cells. J Neurosci 2019; 39:3812-3831. [PMID: 30833508 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2130-18.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2018] [Revised: 02/19/2019] [Accepted: 02/22/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Repetitive action potentials (APs) in hippocampal CA3 pyramidal cells (CA3-PCs) backpropagate to distal apical dendrites, and induce calcium and protein tyrosine kinase (PTK)-dependent downregulation of Kv1.2, resulting in long-term potentiation of direct cortical inputs and intrinsic excitability (LTP-IE). When APs were elicited by direct somatic stimulation of CA3-PCs from rodents of either sex, only a narrow window of distal dendritic [Ca2+] allowed LTP-IE because of Ca2+-dependent coactivation of PTK and protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP), which renders non-mossy fiber (MF) inputs incompetent in LTP-IE induction. High-frequency MF inputs, however, could induce LTP-IE at high dendritic [Ca2+] of the window. We show that MF input-induced Zn2+ signaling inhibits postsynaptic PTP, and thus enables MF inputs to induce LTP-IE at a wide range of [Ca2+]i values. Extracellular chelation of Zn2+ or genetic deletion of vesicular zinc transporter abrogated the privilege of MF inputs for LTP-IE induction. Moreover, the incompetence of somatic stimulation was rescued by the inhibition of PTP or a supplement of extracellular zinc, indicating that MF input-induced increase in dendritic [Zn2+] facilitates the induction of LTP-IE by inhibiting PTP. Consistently, high-frequency MF stimulation induced immediate and delayed elevations of [Zn2+] at proximal and distal dendrites, respectively. These results indicate that MF inputs are uniquely linked to the regulation of direct cortical inputs owing to synaptic Zn2+ signaling.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Zn2+ has been mostly implicated in pathological processes, and the physiological roles of synaptically released Zn2+ in intracellular signaling are little known. We show here that Zn2+ released from hippocampal mossy fiber (MF) terminals enters postsynaptic CA3 pyramidal cells, and plays a facilitating role in MF input-induced heterosynaptic potentiation of perforant path (PP) synaptic inputs through long-term potentiation of intrinsic excitability (LTP-IE). We show that the window of cytosolic [Ca2+] that induces LTP-IE is normally very narrow because of the Ca2+-dependent coactivation of antagonistic signaling pairs, whereby non-MF inputs become ineffective in inducing excitability change. The MF-induced Zn2+ signaling, however, biases toward facilitating the induction of LTP-IE. The present study elucidates why MF inputs are more privileged for the regulation of PP synapses.
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Kawaharada S, Nakanishi M, Nakanishi N, Hazama K, Higashino M, Yasuhiro T, Lewis A, Clark GS, Chambers MS, Maidment SA, Katsumata S, Kaneko S. ONO-8590580, a Novel GABAAα5 Negative Allosteric Modulator Enhances Long-Term Potentiation and Improves Cognitive Deficits in Preclinical Models. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2018; 366:58-65. [DOI: 10.1124/jpet.117.247627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2017] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Rebola N, Carta M, Mulle C. Operation and plasticity of hippocampal CA3 circuits: implications for memory encoding. Nat Rev Neurosci 2017; 18:208-220. [DOI: 10.1038/nrn.2017.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Babiec WE, O'Dell TJ. Putting heterosynaptic plasticity in its place - as easy as PIE. J Physiol 2015; 593:3395-6. [PMID: 26272624 DOI: 10.1113/jp271127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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- Walter E Babiec
- Department of Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Integrative Centre for Learning and Memory, Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Integrative Centre for Learning and Memory, Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Hyun JH, Eom K, Lee KH, Bae JY, Bae YC, Kim MH, Kim S, Ho WK, Lee SH. Kv1.2 mediates heterosynaptic modulation of direct cortical synaptic inputs in CA3 pyramidal cells. J Physiol 2015; 593:3617-43. [PMID: 26047212 DOI: 10.1113/jp270372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2015] [Accepted: 05/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
Abstract
KEY POINTS We investigated the cellular mechanisms underlying mossy fibre-induced heterosynaptic long-term potentiation of perforant path (PP) inputs to CA3 pyramidal cells. Here we show that this heterosynaptic potentiation is mediated by downregulation of Kv1.2 channels. The downregulation of Kv1.2 preferentially enhanced PP-evoked EPSPs which occur at distal apical dendrites. Such enhancement of PP-EPSPs required activation of dendritic Na(+) channels, and its threshold was lowered by downregulation of Kv1.2. Our results may provide new insights into the long-standing question of how mossy fibre inputs constrain the CA3 network to sparsely represent direct cortical inputs. ABSTRACT A short high frequency stimulation of mossy fibres (MFs) induces long-term potentiation (LTP) of direct cortical or perforant path (PP) synaptic inputs in hippocampal CA3 pyramidal cells (CA3-PCs). However, the cellular mechanism underlying this heterosynaptic modulation remains elusive. Previously, we reported that repetitive somatic firing at 10 Hz downregulates Kv1.2 in the CA3-PCs. Here, we show that MF inputs induce similar somatic firing and downregulation of Kv1.2 in the CA3-PCs. The effect of Kv1.2 downregulation was specific to PP synaptic inputs that arrive at distal apical dendrites. We found that the somatodendritic expression of Kv1.2 is polarized to distal apical dendrites. Compartmental simulations based on this finding suggested that passive normalization of synaptic inputs and polarized distributions of dendritic ionic channels may facilitate the activation of dendritic Na(+) channels preferentially at distal apical dendrites. Indeed, partial block of dendritic Na(+) channels using 10 nm tetrodotoxin brought back the enhanced PP-evoked excitatory postsynaptic potentials (PP-EPSPs) to the baseline level. These results indicate that activity-dependent downregulation of Kv1.2 in CA3-PCs mediates MF-induced heterosynaptic LTP of PP-EPSPs by facilitating activation of Na(+) channels at distal apical dendrites.
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- Jung Ho Hyun
- Cell Physiology Laboratory, Department of Physiology and bioMembrane Plasticity Research Centre, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Neuroscience Research Institute, Seoul National University Medical Research Centre, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-799, Republic of Korea
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- Cell Physiology Laboratory, Department of Physiology and bioMembrane Plasticity Research Centre, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Neuroscience Research Institute, Seoul National University Medical Research Centre, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-799, Republic of Korea
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- Cell Physiology Laboratory, Department of Physiology and bioMembrane Plasticity Research Centre, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Neuroscience Research Institute, Seoul National University Medical Research Centre, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-799, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Oral Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 700-412, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Oral Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 700-412, Republic of Korea
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- Cell Physiology Laboratory, Department of Physiology and bioMembrane Plasticity Research Centre, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Neuroscience Research Institute, Seoul National University Medical Research Centre, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-799, Republic of Korea
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- Cell Physiology Laboratory, Department of Physiology and bioMembrane Plasticity Research Centre, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Neuroscience Research Institute, Seoul National University Medical Research Centre, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-799, Republic of Korea
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- Cell Physiology Laboratory, Department of Physiology and bioMembrane Plasticity Research Centre, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Neuroscience Research Institute, Seoul National University Medical Research Centre, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-799, Republic of Korea
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- Cell Physiology Laboratory, Department of Physiology and bioMembrane Plasticity Research Centre, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Neuroscience Research Institute, Seoul National University Medical Research Centre, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-799, Republic of Korea
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Perin M, Longordo F, Massonnet C, Welker E, Lüthi A. Diurnal inhibition of NMDA-EPSCs at rat hippocampal mossy fibre synapses through orexin-2 receptors. J Physiol 2014; 592:4277-95. [PMID: 25085886 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.272757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Diurnal release of the orexin neuropeptides orexin-A (Ox-A, hypocretin-1) and orexin-B (Ox-B, hypocretin-2) stabilises arousal, regulates energy homeostasis and contributes to cognition and learning. However, whether cellular correlates of brain plasticity are regulated through orexins, and whether they do so in a time-of-day-dependent manner, has never been assessed. Immunohistochemically we found sparse but widespread innervation of hippocampal subfields through Ox-A- and Ox-B-containing fibres in young adult rats. The actions of Ox-A were studied on NMDA receptor (NMDAR)-mediated excitatory synaptic transmission in acute hippocampal slices prepared around the trough (Zeitgeber time (ZT) 4-8, corresponding to 4-8 h into the resting phase) and peak (ZT 23) of intracerebroventricular orexin levels. At ZT 4-8, exogenous Ox-A (100 nm in bath) inhibited NMDA receptor-mediated excitatory postsynaptic currents (NMDA-EPSCs) at mossy fibre (MF)-CA3 (to 55.6 ± 6.8% of control, P = 0.0003) and at Schaffer collateral-CA1 synapses (70.8 ± 6.3%, P = 0.013), whereas it remained ineffective at non-MF excitatory synapses in CA3. Ox-A actions were mediated postsynaptically and blocked by the orexin-2 receptor (OX2R) antagonist JNJ10397049 (1 μm), but not by orexin-1 receptor inhibition (SB334867, 1 μm) or by adrenergic and cholinergic antagonists. At ZT 23, inhibitory effects of exogenous Ox-A were absent (97.6 ± 2.9%, P = 0.42), but reinstated (87.2 ± 3.3%, P = 0.002) when endogenous orexin signalling was attenuated for 5 h through i.p. injections of almorexant (100 mg kg(-1)), a dual orexin receptor antagonist. In conclusion, endogenous orexins modulate hippocampal NMDAR function in a time-of-day-dependent manner, suggesting that they may influence cellular plasticity and consequent variations in memory performance across the sleep-wake cycle.
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- Martina Perin
- Department of Fundamental Neurosciences, University of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 9, CH-1005, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Fundamental Neurosciences, University of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 9, CH-1005, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Fundamental Neurosciences, University of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 9, CH-1005, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Fundamental Neurosciences, University of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 9, CH-1005, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Fundamental Neurosciences, University of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 9, CH-1005, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Early structural and functional defects in synapses and myelinated axons in stratum lacunosum moleculare in two preclinical models for tauopathy. PLoS One 2014; 9:e87605. [PMID: 24498342 PMCID: PMC3912020 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2013] [Accepted: 12/21/2013] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The stratum lacunosum moleculare (SLM) is the connection hub between entorhinal cortex and hippocampus, two brain regions that are most vulnerable in Alzheimer's disease. We recently identified a specific synaptic deficit of Nectin-3 in transgenic models for tauopathy. Here we defined cognitive impairment and electrophysiological problems in the SLM of Tau.P301L mice, which corroborated the structural defects in synapses and dendritic spines. Reduced diffusion of DiI from the ERC to the hippocampus indicated defective myelinated axonal pathways. Ultrastructurally, myelinated axons in the temporoammonic pathway (TA) that connects ERC to CA1 were damaged in Tau.P301L mice at young age. Unexpectedly, the myelin defects were even more severe in bigenic biGT mice that co-express GSK3β with Tau.P301L in neurons. Combined, our data demonstrate that neuronal expression of protein Tau profoundly affected the functional and structural organization of the entorhinal-hippocampal complex, in particular synapses and myelinated axons in the SLM. White matter pathology deserves further attention in patients suffering from tauopathy and Alzheimer's disease.
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The thalamus integrates and transmits sensory information to the neocortex. The activity of thalamocortical relay (TC) cells is modulated by specific inhibitory circuits. Although this inhibition plays a crucial role in regulating thalamic activity, little is known about long-term changes in synaptic strength at these inhibitory synapses. Therefore, we studied long-term plasticity of inhibitory inputs to TC cells in the posterior medial nucleus of the thalamus by combining patch-clamp recordings with two-photon fluorescence microscopy in rat brain slices. We found that specific activity patterns in the postsynaptic TC cell induced inhibitory long-term potentiation (iLTP). This iLTP was non-Hebbian because it did not depend on the timing between presynaptic and postsynaptic activity, but it could be induced by postsynaptic burst activity alone. iLTP required postsynaptic dendritic Ca(2+) influx evoked by low-threshold Ca(2+) spikes. In contrast, tonic postsynaptic spiking from a depolarized membrane potential (-50 mV), which suppressed these low-threshold Ca(2+) spikes, induced no plasticity. The postsynaptic dendritic Ca(2+) increase triggered the synthesis of nitric oxide that retrogradely activated presynaptic guanylyl cyclase, resulting in the presynaptic expression of iLTP. The dependence of iLTP on the membrane potential and therefore on the postsynaptic discharge mode suggests that this form of iLTP might occur during sleep, when TC cells discharge in bursts. Therefore, iLTP might be involved in sleep state-dependent modulation of thalamic information processing and thalamic oscillations.
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Integrity of mGluR-LTD in the associative/commissural inputs to CA3 correlates with successful aging in rats. J Neurosci 2013; 33:12670-8. [PMID: 23904603 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1086-13.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The impact of aging on cognitive capabilities varies among individuals ranging from significant impairment to preservation of function on par with younger adults. Research on the neural basis for age-related memory decline has focused primarily on the CA1 region of the hippocampus. However, recent studies in elderly human and rodents indicate that individual differences in cognitive aging are more strongly tied to functional alterations in CA3 circuits. To examine synaptic plasticity in the CA3 region, we used aged rats behaviorally characterized in a hippocampal-dependent task to evaluate the status of long-term potentiation and long-term depression (LTP and LTD) in the associative/commissural pathway (A/C → CA3), which provides the majority of excitatory input to CA3 pyramidal neurons. We found that, unlike in CA1 synapses, in A/C → CA3 LTP is minimally affected by age. However, two forms of LTD, involving NMDA and metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR), are both greatly reduced in age-impaired rats. Age-unimpaired rats, in contrast, had intact mGluR LTD. These findings indicate that the integrity of mGluR-LTD at A/C → CA3 inputs may play a crucial role in maintaining the performance of CA3 circuitry in aging.
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A model of synaptic plasticity: activation of mGluR I induced long-term theta oscillations in medial septal diagonal band of rat brain slice. Neurol Sci 2013; 35:551-7. [PMID: 24057118 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-013-1543-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2013] [Accepted: 09/10/2013] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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This study aimed to establish a model of synaptic plasticity by the activation of metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) I in rat medial septal diagonal band (MSDB). Electrophysiological experiment was performed to record the theta frequency oscillation activities in rat MSDB slices. The data were recorded and analyzed with Spike 2 (CED, Cambridge, UK). Application of aminocyclopentane-1, 3-dicarboxylic acid (ACPD) to MSDB slices produced theta frequency oscillations (4-12 Hz) which persisted for hours after ACPD washout, suggesting the existence of a form of synaptic plasticity in long-term oscillations (LTOs). Addition of NMDA receptor antagonist AP5 (50 μM) caused no significant change in area power. In contrast, AMPA/Kainate receptor antagonist NBQX administration partially reduced the area power. Infusion of ZD7288, a hyperpolarization-activated channel (Ih) inhibitor, caused additional reduction to control level. Comparable effects were also observed with administration of DHPG (3, 5-dihydroxyphenylglycine) which also elicited LTOs. mGluR I activation induced theta oscillation and this activity maintained hours after drug washout. Both AMPA and hyperpolarization-activated channel make an essential contribution to LTO. Our study herein established a model of synaptic plasticity.
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Hunt DL, Puente N, Grandes P, Castillo PE. Bidirectional NMDA receptor plasticity controls CA3 output and heterosynaptic metaplasticity. Nat Neurosci 2013; 16:1049-59. [PMID: 23852115 PMCID: PMC3740388 DOI: 10.1038/nn.3461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2012] [Accepted: 06/11/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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NMDA receptors (NMDARs) are classically known as coincidence detectors for the induction of long-term synaptic plasticity and have been implicated in hippocampal CA3 cell-dependent spatial memory functions that likely rely on dynamic cellular ensemble encoding of space. The unique functional properties of both NMDARs and mossy fiber projections to CA3 pyramidal cells place mossy fiber NMDARs in a prime position to influence CA3 ensemble dynamics. By mimicking presynaptic and postsynaptic activity patterns observed in vivo, we found a burst timing-dependent pattern of activity that triggered bidirectional long-term NMDAR plasticity at mossy fiber-CA3 synapses in rat hippocampal slices. This form of plasticity imparts bimodal control of mossy fiber-driven CA3 burst firing and spike temporal fidelity. Moreover, we found that mossy fiber NMDARs mediate heterosynaptic metaplasticity between mossy fiber and associational-commissural synapses. Thus, bidirectional NMDAR plasticity at mossy fiber-CA3 synapses could substantially contribute to the formation, storage and recall of CA3 cell assembly patterns.
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- David L Hunt
- Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
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Kryukov VI. Towards a unified model of pavlovian conditioning: short review of trace conditioning models. Cogn Neurodyn 2012; 6:377-98. [PMID: 24082960 PMCID: PMC3438324 DOI: 10.1007/s11571-012-9195-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2010] [Revised: 12/12/2011] [Accepted: 02/03/2012] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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There are three basic paradigms of classical conditioning: delay, trace and context conditioning where presentation of a conditioned stimulus (CS) or a context typically predicts an unconditioned stimulus (US). In delay conditioning CS and US normally coterminate, whereas in trace conditioning an interval of time exists between CS termination and US onset. The modeling of trace conditioning is a rather difficult computational problem and is a challenge to the behavior and connectionist approaches mainly due to a time gap between CS and US. To account for trace conditioning, Pavlov (Conditioned reflexes: an investigation of the physiological activity of the cerebral cortex, Oxford University Press, London, 1927) postulated the existence of a stimulus "trace" in the nervous system. Meanwhile, there exist many other options for solving this association problem. There are several excellent reviews of computational models of classical conditioning but none has thus far been devoted to trace conditioning. Eight representative models of trace conditioning aimed at building a prospective model are being reviewed below in a brief form. As a result, one of them, comprising the most important features of its predecessors, can be suggested as a real candidate for a unified model of trace conditioning.
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- V. I. Kryukov
- St. Daniel Monastery, Danilovsky Val 22, 115191 Moscow, Russia
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Astori S, Pawlak V, Köhr G. Spike-timing-dependent plasticity in hippocampal CA3 neurons. J Physiol 2010; 588:4475-88. [PMID: 20876200 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.198366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Synaptic plasticity of different inputs converging onto CA3 pyramidal neurons is central to theories of hippocampal function. The mossy fibre (MF) input to these neurons is thought to exhibit plasticity that is in nearly all aspects fundamentally different from plasticity in other brain regions: in particular, when induced by high frequency presynaptic stimulation, plasticity at these synapses is independent of NMDA receptor (NMDAR) activation and presynaptically expressed. Here, we show that different stimulation protocols that depend on the close timing of MF activity and postsynaptic spikes induce bidirectional plasticity in CA3 neurons in 3-week-old rats. Long-term potentiation (LTP) is observed when an excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP), evoked by MF stimulation, precedes a single postsynaptic action potential (AP) or a brief AP burst by 10 ms. Instead, timing-dependent long-term depression (LTD) requires the pairing of a single AP to an EPSP with a delay of 30 ms. The pairing of APs to synaptic activity is required for plasticity induction, since the application of unpaired APs or EPSPs did not alter synaptic strength. Furthermore, our results demonstrate that both timing-dependent LTP and LTD critically depend on the activation of NMDARs. Specifically blocking postsynaptic NMDARs prevents plasticity, demonstrating that NMDARs important to spike-timing-dependent plasticity in CA3 neurons are required at postsynaptic sites. In summary, this study shows that the close timing of APs to MF excitatory synaptic input can alter synaptic efficacy in CA3 neurons in a bidirectional manner.
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- S Astori
- Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Max-Planck-Institute for Medical Research, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Diazoxide reduces status epilepticus neuron damage in diabetes. Neurotox Res 2009; 17:305-16. [PMID: 19728004 DOI: 10.1007/s12640-009-9104-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2009] [Revised: 08/20/2009] [Accepted: 08/20/2009] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Diabetic hyperglycemia is associated with seizure severity and may aggravate brain damage after status epilepticus. Our earlier studies suggest the involvement of ATP-sensitive potassium channels (K(ATP)) in glucose-related neuroexcitability. We aimed to determine whether K(ATP) agonist protects against status epilepticus-induced brain damage. Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into two groups: the streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes (STZ) group and the normal saline (NS) group. Both groups were treated with either diazoxide (15 mg/kg, i.v.) (STZ + DZX, NS + DZX) or vehicle (STZ + V, NS + V) before lithium-pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus. We evaluated seizure susceptibility, severity, and mortality. The rats underwent Morris water-maze tests and hippocampal histopathology analyses 24 h post-status epilepticus. A multi-electrode recording system was used to study field excitatory postsynaptic synaptic potentials (fEPSP). RNA interference (RNAi) to knockdown Kir 6.2 in a hippocampal cell line was used to evaluate the effect of diazoxide in the presence of high concentration of ATP. Seizures were less severe (P < 0.01), post-status epilepticus learning and memory were better (P < 0.05), and neuron loss in the hippocampal CA3 area was lower (P < 0.05) in the STZ + DZX than the STZ + V group. In contrast, seizure severity, post-status epilepticus learning and memory, and hippocampal CA3 neuron loss were comparable in the NS + DZX and NS + V groups. fEPSP was lower in the STZ + DZX but not in the NS + DZX group. The RNAi study confirmed that diazoxide, with its K(ATP)-opening effects, could counteract the K(ATP)-closing effect by high dose ATP. We conclude that, by opening K(ATP), diazoxide protects against status epilepticus-induced neuron damage during diabetic hyperglycemia.
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Daumas S, Ceccom J, Halley H, Frances B, Lassalle JM. Activation of metabotropic glutamate receptor type 2/3 supports the involvement of the hippocampal mossy fiber pathway on contextual fear memory consolidation. Learn Mem 2009; 16:504-7. [DOI: 10.1101/lm.1418309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Yang X, Sheng L, Guan Y, Qian W, Hou X. Synaptic plasticity: the new explanation of visceral hypersensitivity in rats with Trichinella spiralis infection? Dig Dis Sci 2009; 54:937-46. [PMID: 19058006 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-008-0444-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2008] [Accepted: 07/02/2008] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Synaptic plasticity plays an important role in affecting the intensity of visceral reflex. It may also be involved in the development of visceral hypersensitivity. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of synaptic plasticity on visceral hypersensitivity of rats infected by Trichinella spiralis. METHODS Thirty male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly divided into control, acute, and chronic infection groups, and were investigated at 1 week after adaptive feeding and at 2 and 8 weeks post infection (PI) by oral administration of 1 ml phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) containing 8,000 Trichinella spiralis larvae. Visceral sensitivity was evaluated by electromyography (EMG) recording during colorectal distension. Intestinal inflammation was observed by hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining. Synaptic ultrastructure parameters, such as postsynaptic density (PSD) length, synaptic cleft, and number of synaptic vesicles, were examined by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The expression of protein associated with synaptic plasticity, including postsynaptic density-95 (PSD-95), synaptophysin, calbindin-28 K, N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-1 (NMDA-R1), alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid receptor (AMPA-R), and glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), were analyzed by Western blot. RESULTS (1) Visceral hypersensitivity was noted in the chronic infection group, although the inflammation was nearly eliminated (P<0.05). Severe inflammation and downregulation of visceral sensitivity were observed in the acute infection group (P<0.05). (2) There were many more synaptic vesicles and longer PSD in the chronic infection group than in the control group (P<0.05, respectively). However, in comparison with control rats, disappearance of mitochondria cristae in the synapses, and decrease of synaptic vesicles and length of PSD were observed in the acute infection group. There was no significant difference in width of synaptic cleft among the three groups. (3) Compared with the control, the expression of proteins associated with synaptic plasticity was significantly upregulated during chronic infection phase (P<0.05), and downregulated during acute infection phase. CONCLUSION Synaptic plasticity was observed in SD rats infected by Trichinella spiralis and was associated with visceral sensitivity, which suggests that it may play an important role in the formation of visceral hypersensitivity.
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- Xiaojun Yang
- Division of Gastroenterology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Jiefang Avenue 1277, Wuhan 430022, China.
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Klassen MP, Shen K. The curious case of a wandering kinase: CaMKII spreads the wealth? Neuron 2009; 61:331-2. [PMID: 19217368 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase II has been suggested to produce input-specific long-term potentiation of synaptic strength. This idea has been complicated by results from Rose, Jin, and Craig demonstrating that spatiotemporally restricted NMDA receptor excitation at contiguous synapses can result in the translocation of activated CaMKII throughout the dendritic arbor.
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- Matthew P Klassen
- Neurosciences Program, 385 Serra Mall, Herrin Labs, Room 144, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Huang CW, Cheng JT, Tsai JJ, Wu SN, Huang CC. Diabetic hyperglycemia aggravates seizures and status epilepticus-induced hippocampal damage. Neurotox Res 2009; 15:71-81. [PMID: 19384590 DOI: 10.1007/s12640-009-9008-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2008] [Revised: 01/19/2009] [Accepted: 01/26/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Epileptic seizures in diabetic hyperglycemia (DH) are not uncommon. This study aimed to determine the acute behavioral, pathological, and electrophysiological effects of status epilepticus (SE) on diabetic animals. Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were first divided into groups with and without streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes, and then into treatment groups given a normal saline (NS) (STZ-only and NS-only) or a lithium-pilocarpine injection to induce status epilepticus (STZ + SE and NS + SE). Seizure susceptibility, severity, and mortality were evaluated. Serial Morris water maze test and hippocampal histopathology results were examined before and 24 h after SE. Tetanic stimulation-induced long-term potentiation (LTP) in a hippocampal slice was recorded in a multi-electrode dish system. We also used a simulation model to evaluate intracellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and neuroexcitability. The STZ + SE group had a significantly higher percentage of severe seizures and SE-related death and worse learning and memory performances than the other three groups 24 h after SE. The STZ + SE group, and then the NS + SE group, showed the most severe neuronal loss and mossy fiber sprouting in the hippocampal CA3 area. In addition, LTP was markedly attenuated in the STZ + SE group, and then the NS + SE group. In the simulation, increased intracellular ATP concentration promoted action potential firing. This finding that rats with DH had more brain damage after SE than rats without diabetes suggests the importance of intensively treating hyperglycemia and seizures in diabetic patients with epilepsy.
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- Chin-Wei Huang
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan City, Taiwan
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Long-term potentiation selectively expressed by NMDA receptors at hippocampal mossy fiber synapses. Neuron 2008; 57:108-20. [PMID: 18184568 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2007.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2007] [Revised: 09/28/2007] [Accepted: 11/21/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The mossy fiber to CA3 pyramidal cell synapse (mf-CA3) provides a major source of excitation to the hippocampus. Thus far, these glutamatergic synapses are well recognized for showing a presynaptic, NMDA receptor-independent form of LTP that is expressed as a long-lasting increase of transmitter release. Here, we show that in addition to this "classical" LTP, mf-CA3 synapses can undergo a form of LTP characterized by a selective enhancement of NMDA receptor-mediated transmission. This potentiation requires coactivation of NMDA and mGlu5 receptors and a postsynaptic calcium rise. Unlike classical LTP, expression of this mossy fiber LTP is due to a PKC-dependent recruitment of NMDA receptors specifically to the mf-CA3 synapse via a SNARE-dependent process. Having two mechanistically different forms of LTP may allow mf-CA3 synapses to respond with more flexibility to the changing demands of the hippocampal network.
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Kolodziejski C, Porr B, Wörgötter F. Mathematical properties of neuronal TD-rules and differential Hebbian learning: a comparison. BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS 2008; 98:259-272. [PMID: 18196266 PMCID: PMC2798052 DOI: 10.1007/s00422-007-0209-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2007] [Accepted: 12/19/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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A confusingly wide variety of temporally asymmetric learning rules exists related to reinforcement learning and/or to spike-timing dependent plasticity, many of which look exceedingly similar, while displaying strongly different behavior. These rules often find their use in control tasks, for example in robotics and for this rigorous convergence and numerical stability is required. The goal of this article is to review these rules and compare them to provide a better overview over their different properties. Two main classes will be discussed: temporal difference (TD) rules and correlation based (differential hebbian) rules and some transition cases. In general we will focus on neuronal implementations with changeable synaptic weights and a time-continuous representation of activity. In a machine learning (non-neuronal) context, for TD-learning a solid mathematical theory has existed since several years. This can partly be transferred to a neuronal framework, too. On the other hand, only now a more complete theory has also emerged for differential Hebb rules. In general rules differ by their convergence conditions and their numerical stability, which can lead to very undesirable behavior, when wanting to apply them. For TD, convergence can be enforced with a certain output condition assuring that the delta-error drops on average to zero (output control). Correlation based rules, on the other hand, converge when one input drops to zero (input control). Temporally asymmetric learning rules treat situations where incoming stimuli follow each other in time. Thus, it is necessary to remember the first stimulus to be able to relate it to the later occurring second one. To this end different types of so-called eligibility traces are being used by these two different types of rules. This aspect leads again to different properties of TD and differential Hebbian learning as discussed here. Thus, this paper, while also presenting several novel mathematical results, is mainly meant to provide a road map through the different neuronally emulated temporal asymmetrical learning rules and their behavior to provide some guidance for possible applications.
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- Christoph Kolodziejski
- Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, University of Göttingen, Bunsenstr. 10, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, GT12 8LT Scotland
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- Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, University of Göttingen, Bunsenstr. 10, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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Kulvicius T, Porr B, Wörgötter F. Chained learning architectures in a simple closed-loop behavioural context. BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS 2007; 97:363-78. [PMID: 17912544 DOI: 10.1007/s00422-007-0176-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2007] [Accepted: 08/20/2007] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Living creatures can learn or improve their behaviour by temporally correlating sensor cues where near-senses (e.g., touch, taste) follow after far-senses (vision, smell). Such type of learning is related to classical and/or operant conditioning. Algorithmically all these approaches are very simple and consist of single learning unit. The current study is trying to solve this problem focusing on chained learning architectures in a simple closed-loop behavioural context. METHODS We applied temporal sequence learning (Porr B and Wörgötter F 2006) in a closed-loop behavioural system where a driving robot learns to follow a line. Here for the first time we introduced two types of chained learning architectures named linear chain and honeycomb chain. We analyzed such architectures in an open and closed-loop context and compared them to the simple learning unit. CONCLUSIONS By implementing two types of simple chained learning architectures we have demonstrated that stable behaviour can also be obtained in such architectures. Results also suggest that chained architectures can be employed and better behavioural performance can be obtained compared to simple architectures in cases where we have sparse inputs in time and learning normally fails because of weak correlations.
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- Tomas Kulvicius
- Bernstein Centre for Computational Neuroscience, University of Göttingen, Bunsenstr. 10, 37073 Göttingen, Germany.
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Kobayashi K, Poo MM. Spike Train Timing-Dependent Associative Modification of Hippocampal CA3 Recurrent Synapses by Mossy Fibers. Neuron 2004; 41:445-54. [PMID: 14766182 DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(03)00873-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2003] [Revised: 09/26/2003] [Accepted: 12/05/2003] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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In the CA3 region of the hippocampus, extensive recurrent associational/commissural (A/C) connections made by pyramidal cells may function as a network for associative memory storage and recall. We here report that long-term potentiation (LTP) at the A/C synapses can be induced by association of brief spike trains in mossy fibers (MFs) from the dentate gyrus and A/C fibers. This LTP not only required substantial overlap between spike trains in MFs and A/C fibers, but also depended on the temporal order of these spike trains in a manner not predicted by the well-known rule of spike timing-dependent plasticity and requiring activation of type 1 metabotropic glutamate receptors. Importantly, spike trains in a putative single MF input provided effective postsynaptic activity for the induction of LTP at A/C synapses. Thus, the timing of spike trains in individual MFs may code information that is crucial for the associative modification of CA3 recurrent synapses.
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- Katsunori Kobayashi
- Division of Neurobiology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Humeau Y, Shaban H, Bissière S, Lüthi A. Presynaptic induction of heterosynaptic associative plasticity in the mammalian brain. Nature 2004; 426:841-5. [PMID: 14685239 DOI: 10.1038/nature02194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 202] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2003] [Accepted: 10/24/2003] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The induction of associative synaptic plasticity in the mammalian central nervous system classically depends on coincident presynaptic and postsynaptic activity. According to this principle, associative homosynaptic long-term potentiation (LTP) of excitatory synaptic transmission can be induced only if synaptic release occurs during postsynaptic depolarization. In contrast, heterosynaptic plasticity in mammals is considered to rely on activity-independent, non-associative processes. Here we describe a novel mechanism underlying the induction of associative LTP in the lateral amygdala (LA). Simultaneous activation of converging cortical and thalamic afferents specifically induced associative, N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-receptor-dependent LTP at cortical, but not at thalamic, inputs. Surprisingly, the induction of associative LTP at cortical inputs was completely independent of postsynaptic activity, including depolarization, postsynaptic NMDA receptor activation or an increase in postsynaptic Ca2+ concentration, and did not require network activity. LTP expression was mediated by a persistent increase in the presynaptic probability of release at cortical afferents. Our study shows the presynaptic induction and expression of heterosynaptic and associative synaptic plasticity on simultaneous activity of converging afferents. Our data indicate that input specificity of associative LTP can be determined exclusively by presynaptic properties.
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- Yann Humeau
- Friedrich Miescher Institute, Maulbeerstrasse 66, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland
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Bartesaghi R, Gessi T. Parallel activation of field CA2 and dentate gyrus by synaptically elicited perforant path volleys. Hippocampus 2004; 14:948-63. [PMID: 15390176 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Previous studies showed that dorsal psalterium (PSD) volleys to the entorhinal cortex (ENT) activated in layer II perforant path neurons projecting to the dentate gyrus. The discharge of layer II neurons was followed by the sequential activation of the dentate gyrus (DG), field CA3, field CA1. The aim of the present study was to ascertain whether in this experimental model field, CA2, a largely ignored sector, is activated either directly by perforant path volleys and/or indirectly by recurrent hippocampal projections. Field potentials evoked by single-shock PSD stimulation were recorded in anesthetized guinea pigs from ENT, DG, fields CA2, CA1, and CA3. Current source-density (CSD) analysis was used to localize the input/s to field CA2. The results showed the presence in field CA2 of an early population spike superimposed on a slow wave (early response) and of a late and smaller population spike, superimposed on a slow wave (late response). CSD analysis during the early CA2 response showed a current sink in stratum lacunosum-moleculare, followed by a sink moving from stratum radiatum to stratum pyramidale, suggesting that this response represented the activation and discharge of CA2 pyramidal neurons, mediated by perforant path fibers to this field. CSD analysis during the late response showed a current sink in middle stratum radiatum of CA2 followed by a sink moving from inner stratum radiatum to stratum pyramidale, suggesting that this response was mediated by Schaffer collaterals from field CA3. No early population spike was evoked in CA3. However, an early current sink of small magnitude was evoked in stratum lacunosum-moleculare of CA3, suggesting the presence of synaptic currents mediated by perforant path fibers to this field. The results provide novel information about the perforant path system, by showing that dorsal psalterium volleys to the entorhinal cortex activate perforant path neurons that evoke the parallel discharge of granule cells and CA2 pyramidal neurons and depolarization, but no discharge of CA3 pyramidal neurons. Consequently, field CA2 may mediate the direct transfer of ENT signals to hippocampal and extrahippocampal structures in parallel with the DG-CA3-CA1 system and may provide a security factor in situations in which the latter is disrupted.
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- Renata Bartesaghi
- Dipartimento di Fisiologia Umana e Generale, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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The Ca2+ influx controlled by intracellular Ca2+ stores, called store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOC), occurs in various eukaryotic cells, but whether CNS neurons are endowed with SOC capability and how they may operate have been contentious issues. Using Ca2+ imaging, we present evidence for the presence of SOC in cultured hippocampal pyramidal neurons. Depletion of internal Ca2+ stores by thapsigargin caused intracellular Ca2+ elevation, which was prevented by SOC channel inhibitors 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (2-APB), SKF96365, and La3+. Interestingly, these inhibitors also accelerated the decay of NMDA-induced Ca2+ transients without affecting their peak amplitude. In addition, SOC channel inhibitors attenuated tetanus-induced dendritic Ca2+ accumulation and long-term potentiation at Schaffer collateral-CA1 synapses in hippocampal slice preparations. These data suggest a novel link between ionotropic receptor-activated SOC and neuroplasticity.
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Baba A, Yasui T, Fujisawa S, Yamada RX, Yamada MK, Nishiyama N, Matsuki N, Ikegaya Y. Activity-evoked capacitative Ca2+ entry: implications in synaptic plasticity. J Neurosci 2003; 23:7737-41. [PMID: 12944501 PMCID: PMC6740588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/04/2023] Open
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The Ca2+ influx controlled by intracellular Ca2+ stores, called store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOC), occurs in various eukaryotic cells, but whether CNS neurons are endowed with SOC capability and how they may operate have been contentious issues. Using Ca2+ imaging, we present evidence for the presence of SOC in cultured hippocampal pyramidal neurons. Depletion of internal Ca2+ stores by thapsigargin caused intracellular Ca2+ elevation, which was prevented by SOC channel inhibitors 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (2-APB), SKF96365, and La3+. Interestingly, these inhibitors also accelerated the decay of NMDA-induced Ca2+ transients without affecting their peak amplitude. In addition, SOC channel inhibitors attenuated tetanus-induced dendritic Ca2+ accumulation and long-term potentiation at Schaffer collateral-CA1 synapses in hippocampal slice preparations. These data suggest a novel link between ionotropic receptor-activated SOC and neuroplasticity.
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- Atsushi Baba
- Laboratory of Chemical Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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The hippocampus plays a crucial role in the encoding and retrieval of episodic memory. In this issue of Neuron, Nakazawa and coworkers show that synaptic modification in hippocampal CA3 neurons is critical for immediate storage of information, a key feature of episodic memory.
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- Edvard I Moser
- Centre for the Biology of Memory, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491, Trondheim, Norway
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