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

Neuromodulation at single presynaptic boutons of cerebellar parallel fibers is determined by bouton size and basal action potential-evoked Ca transient amplitude.

Wei Zhang, David J Linden

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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 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wei ZhangThe Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
David J Linden
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Cellular Substrates of Cerebellar Information StorageR37MH051106 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI LINDEN, DAVID J. · 2001 to 2010
$4.1M
CELLULAR SUBSTRATES OF CEREBELLAR INFORMATION STORAGER01MH051106 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI LINDEN, DAVID J. · 1997 to 2015
$2.3M
CELLULAR SUBSTRATES OF CEREBELLAR INFORMATION STORAGER29MH051106 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI LINDEN, DAVID J. · 1993 to 1996
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NIMH NIH HHS MH51106NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH051106NIMH NIH HHS R29 MH051106NIMH NIH HHS R37 MH051106
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most presynaptic terminals in the brain contain G-protein-coupled receptors that function to reduce action potential-evoked neurotransmitter release. These neuromodulatory receptors, including those for glutamate, GABA, endocannabinoids, and adenosine, exert a substantial portion of their effect by reducing evoked presynaptic Ca(2+) transients. Many axons form synapses with multiple postsynaptic neurons, but it is unclear whether presynaptic attenuation in these synapses is homogeneous, as suggested by population-level Ca(2+) imaging. We loaded Ca(2+)-sensitive dyes into cerebellar parallel fiber axons and imaged action potential-evoked Ca(2+) transients in individual presynaptic boutons with application of three different neuromodulators and found that adjacent boutons on the same axon showed striking heterogeneity in their strength of attenuation. Moreover, attenuation was predicted by bouton size or basal Ca(2+) response: smaller boutons were more sensitive to adenosine A1 agonist but less sensitive to CB1 agonist, while boutons with high basal action potential-evoked Ca(2+) transient amplitude were more sensitive to mGluR4 agonist. These results suggest that boutons within brief segment of a single parallel fiber axon can have different sensitivities toward neuromodulators and may have different capacities for both short-term and long-term plasticities.

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Action PotentialsAdenosine A1 Receptor AgonistsAnimalsCalciumCerebellumIn Vitro TechniquesNeuronal PlasticityNeuronsPatch-Clamp TechniquesPresynaptic TerminalsPurkinje CellsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptor, Adenosine A1Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB1Receptors, Metabotropic GlutamateAdenosine A1 Receptor AgonistsCalciummetabotropic glutamate receptor 4Receptor, Adenosine A1Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB1Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate

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PMID20007482
PMCPMC2829188
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