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ArticleThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2009

Surviving hilar somatostatin interneurons enlarge, sprout axons, and form new synapses with granule cells in a mouse model of temporal lobe epilepsy.

Wei Zhang, Ruth Yamawaki, Xiling Wen, Justin Uhl, Jessica Diaz, David A Prince, Paul S Buckmaster

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Article in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 96 papers.

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96 citing papers in PubMed, 147 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wei ZhangDepartment of Comparative Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Ruth Yamawaki
Xiling Wen
Justin Uhl
Jessica Diaz
David A Prince
Paul S Buckmaster
Stanford University · US

Funding

INTERNEURON BASED MECHANISMS OF TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSYR01NS039110 · NINDS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BUCKMASTER, PAUL S. · 2000 to 2014
$4.8M
MODULATION OF NEOCORTICAL INTERNEURONAL FUNCTIONR01NS039579 · NINDS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI HUGUENARD, JOHN R, PRINCE, DAVID ALLAN · 2000 to 2013
$4.3M
Research Opportunities in Comparative MedicineT35OD010989 · OD · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BUCKMASTER, PAUL S. · 2012 to 2022
$565k
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN COMPARATIVE MEDICINET35RR017188 · NCRR · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BUCKMASTER, PAUL S. · 2002 to 2011
$379k
NCRR NIH HHS T35 RR017188NIH HHS T35 OD010989NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS039110NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS039579
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In temporal lobe epilepsy, seizures initiate in or near the hippocampus, which frequently displays loss of neurons, including inhibitory interneurons. It is unclear whether surviving interneurons function normally, are impaired, or develop compensatory mechanisms. We evaluated GABAergic interneurons in the hilus of the dentate gyrus of epileptic pilocarpine-treated GIN mice, specifically a subpopulation of somatostatin interneurons that expresses enhanced green fluorescence protein (GFP). GFP-immunocytochemistry and stereological analyses revealed substantial loss of GFP-positive hilar neurons (GPHNs) but increased GFP-positive axon length per dentate gyrus in epileptic mice. Individual biocytin-labeled GPHNs in hippocampal slices from epileptic mice also had larger somata, more axon in the molecular layer, and longer dendrites than controls. Dual whole-cell patch recording was used to test for monosynaptic connections from hilar GPHNs to granule cells. Unitary IPSCs (uIPSCs) recorded in control and epileptic mice had similar average rise times, amplitudes, charge transfers, and decay times. However, the probability of finding monosynaptically connected pairs and evoking uIPSCs was 2.6 times higher in epileptic mice compared to controls. Together, these findings suggest that surviving hilar somatostatin interneurons enlarge, extend dendrites, sprout axon collaterals in the molecular layer, and form new synapses with granule cells. These epilepsy-related changes in cellular morphology and connectivity may be mechanisms for surviving hilar interneurons to inhibit more granule cells and compensate for the loss of vulnerable interneurons.

Indexed as

AnimalsAxonsCell SizeCell SurvivalDentate GyrusDisease Models, AnimalEpilepsy, Temporal LobeFemaleGreen Fluorescent ProteinsInhibitory Postsynaptic PotentialsInterneuronsIn Vitro TechniquesMaleMiceMice, TransgenicNeuronsGreen Fluorescent ProteinsPilocarpineSomatostatin

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PMID19906972
PMCPMC2802278
OpenAlexW2065962088

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