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ArticleThe Journal of physiology2002

Presynaptic and postsynaptic mechanisms underlie paired pulse depression at single GABAergic boutons in rat collicular cultures.

Sergei Kirischuk, John D Clements, Rosemarie Grantyn

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Article in The Journal of physiology, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed, 88 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Sergei KirischukDevelopmental Physiology, Johannes Müller Institute of Physiology, Humboldt University Medical School (Charité), 10117 Berlin, Germany.
John D Clements
Rosemarie Grantyn
Australian National University · AUCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Paired pulse depression (PPD) is a common form of short-term synaptic plasticity. The aim of this study was to characterise PPD at the level of a single inhibitory bouton. Low-density collicular cultures were loaded with the Ca2+ indicator Oregon Green-1, active boutons were stained with RH414, and action potentials were blocked with TTX. Evoked IPSCs (eIPSCs) and presynaptic Ca2+ transients were recorded in response to direct presynaptic depolarisation of an individual bouton. The single bouton eIPSCs had a low failure rate (< 0.1), large average quantal content (3-6) and slow decay (tau(1) = 15 ms, tau(2) = 81 ms). The PPD of eIPSCs had two distinct components: PPD(fast) and PPD(slow) (tau = 86 ms and 2 s). PPD(slow) showed no dependence on extracellular Ca2+ concentration, or on the first eIPSC's failure rate or amplitude. Most probably, it reflects a release-independent inhibition of exocytosis. PPD(fast) was only observed in normal or elevated Ca2+. It decreased with the failure rate and increased with the amplitude of the first eIPSC. It coincided with paired pulse depression of the presynaptic Ca2+ transients (tau = 120 ms). The decay of the latter was accelerated by EGTA, which also reduced PPD(fast). Therefore, a suppressive effect of residual presynaptic Ca2+ on subsequent Ca2+ influx is considered the most likely cause of PPD(fast). PPD(fast) may also have a postsynaptic component, because exposure to a low-affinity GABA(A) receptor antagonist (TPMPA; 300 microM) counteracted PPD(fast), and asynchronous IPSC amplitudes were depressed for a short interval following an eIPSC. Thus, at these synapses, PPD is produced by at least two release-independent presynaptic mechanisms and one release-dependent postsynaptic mechanism.

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AnimalsAnimals, NewbornCalciumCells, CulturedEvoked Potentialsgamma-Aminobutyric AcidMembrane PotentialsNeural InhibitionNeuronsPresynaptic TerminalsRatsReceptors, GABA-BSuperior ColliculiCalciumgamma-Aminobutyric AcidReceptors, GABA-B

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PMID12181284
PMCPMC2290498
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