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ArticleThe Journal of physiology2004

Electrotonic coupling between stratum oriens interneurones in the intact in vitro mouse juvenile hippocampus.

Xiao-Lei Zhang, Liang Zhang, Peter L Carlen

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Article in The Journal of physiology, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Gap junctions between interneurons are required for normal spatial coding in the hippocampus and short-term spatial memory.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2011
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xiao-Lei ZhangDepartment of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Liang Zhang
Peter L Carlen
University Health Network · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Using the isolated juvenile (7-14 days) mouse whole hippocampus preparation, which contains intact complex local circuitry, 145 dual whole cell recordings were made from stratum oriens (s.o.) interneurones under infrared microscopy. In 11.7% of paired recordings, evidence for direct electrotonic coupling between the s.o. interneurones was obtained from the response of one interneurone to a long (400-600 ms) constant current pulse passed into the coupled interneurone. When specifically orienting the dual recordings in the transectional plane of the hippocampus, 18.5% of paired recordings showed electrotonic coupling. The coupling coefficient, estimated from averaged data, was 6.9 +/- 4.7%, ranging from 1.3 to 17.6%. The time constant of the electrotonically transmitted hyperpolarization was inversely related to the coupling coefficient between the two neurones. The electrotonic responses of one neurone to constant current pulses injected into the other coupled neurone were intermittent. Spikes in one of the coupled neurones were associated with small electrotonic EPSPs (spikelets) in the other coupled neurone, in those neuronal pairs with coupling coefficients greater than 10%. Failure of spikelet production following a spike in the coupled cell occurred 5-10% of the time. Electrotonic coupling and spikelets persisted in the presence of chemical synaptic transmission blockade by CNQX, APV and bicuculline, or in zero Ca(2+) perfusate, but were abolished by carbenoxolone (100 microm), a gap junctional blocker. These data confirm the existence of electrotonic coupling between s.o. interneurones, presumably via gap junctions located in dendrites.

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Action PotentialsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornCarbenoxoloneHippocampusInterneuronsIn Vitro TechniquesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLCarbenoxolone

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PMID15194737
PMCPMC1665026
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