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ArticleThe Journal of physiology2005

Microelectrode array recordings of cultured hippocampal networks reveal a simple model for transcription and protein synthesis-dependent plasticity.

Fiona J L Arnold, Frank Hofmann, C Peter Bengtson, Malte Wittmann, Peter Vanhoutte, Hilmar Bading

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Article in The Journal of physiology, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers.

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68 citing papers in PubMed, 154 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Fiona J L ArnoldDepartment of Neurobiology, Interdisciplinary Center for Neurosciences (IZN), University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 364, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Frank Hofmann
C Peter Bengtson
Malte Wittmann
Peter Vanhoutte
Hilmar Bading
Heidelberg University · DEMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology · GBInstitute of Neurobiology · BG

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A simplified cell culture system was developed to study neuronal plasticity. As changes in synaptic strength may alter network activity patterns, we grew hippocampal neurones on a microelectrode array (MEA) and monitored their collective behaviour with 60 electrodes simultaneously. We found that exposure of the network for 15 min to the GABA(A) receptor antagonist bicuculline induced an increase in synaptic efficacy at excitatory synapses that was associated with an increase in the frequency of miniature AMPA receptor-mediated EPSCs and a change in network activity from uncoordinated firing of neurones (lacking any recognizable pattern) to a highly organized, periodic and synchronous burst pattern. Induction of recurrent synchronous bursting was dependent on NMDA receptor activation and required extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)1/2 signalling and translation of pre-existing mRNAs. Once induced, the burst pattern persisted for several days; its maintenance phase (> 4 h) was dependent on gene transcription taking place in a critical period of 120 min following induction. Thus, cultured hippocampal neurones display a simple, transcription and protein synthesis-dependent form of plasticity. The non-invasive nature of MEA recordings provides a significant advantage over traditional assays for synaptic connectivity (i.e. long-term potentiation in brain slices) and facilitates the search for activity-regulated genes critical for late-phase plasticity.

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Models, BiologicalAnimalsBicucullineCells, CulturedExcitatory Postsynaptic PotentialsHippocampusMicroelectrodesNerve NetNeuronal PlasticityPatch-Clamp TechniquesProteinsRatsRats, Long-EvansRats, Sprague-DawleyTime FactorsTranscription, GeneticBicucullineProteins

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PMID15618268
PMCPMC1456059
OpenAlexW2097586258

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