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ArticleThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2004

Action potential timing determines dendritic calcium during striatal up-states.

Jason N D Kerr, Dietmar Plenz

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Article in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Jason N D KerrUnit of Neural Network Physiology, Laboratory of Systems Neuroscience, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. jason@mpinf-heidelberg.mps.edu.
Dietmar Plenz

Funding

Neuronal Avalanches in the NeocortexZIAMH002797 · NIMH · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH · PI PLENZ, DIETMAR · 2009 to 2025
$32.3M
Neuronal avalanches in the neocortexZ01MH002797 · NIMH · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH · PI PLENZ, DIETMAR · 2002 to 2008
$3.2M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Up-states represent a key feature of synaptic integration in cortex and striatum that involves activation of many synaptic inputs. In the striatum, the sparse firing and tight control of action potential timing is in contrast to the large intracellular membrane potential depolarizations observed during the up-state. One hallmark of striatal spiny projection neurons is the delay to action potential generation in both up-states and suprathreshold depolarization by somatic current injection. By studying somatic and dendritic intracellular calcium ([Ca2+]i) transients during spontaneous up-states in cortex-striatum-substantia nigra organotypic cultures, we show that the delay between up-state onset and action potential generation determines dendritic peak [Ca2+]i. Peak [Ca2+]i from single action potentials reached maximum values when action potentials were close to up-state onset and sharply decayed to near subthreshold up-state [Ca2+] levels as a function of time (tau = 47 +/- 26 msec for tertiary dendrite). Similarly, a precisely timed action potential elicited during subthreshold up-states through somatic current injection established that the delay between up-state onset and action potential generation is the critical variable that controls peak [Ca2+]i. Blocking NMDA channels internally with high intracellular Mg2+ ([Mg2+]i) (10 mm) abolished the dependency of peak [Ca2+]i on action potential timing during spontaneous up-states. Finally, high [Mg2+]i specifically blocked [Ca2+]i transients that resulted from local NMDA application in conjunction with backpropagating action potentials. We conclude that precisely timed, single action potentials during striatal up-states control peak dendritic calcium levels. We suggest that this mechanism might play an important role in synaptic plasticity of the corticostriatal pathway.

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Action PotentialsAnimalsCalciumCalcium SignalingCerebral CortexCorpus StriatumDendritesElectric StimulationExcitatory Amino Acid AntagonistsIn Vitro TechniquesMagnesiumNeuronal PlasticityNeuronsPatch-Clamp TechniquesRatsReaction TimeCalciumExcitatory Amino Acid AntagonistsMagnesiumReceptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate

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PMID14749432
PMCPMC6729828

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