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ArticleThe Journal of physiology2010

Synchronized bursts of miniature inhibitory postsynaptic currents.

Ion R Popescu, Linda A Morton, Alier Franco, Shi Di, Yoichi Ueta, Jeffrey G Tasker

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Article in The Journal of physiology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ion R PopescuDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Linda A Morton
Alier Franco
Shi Di
Yoichi Ueta
Jeffrey G Tasker
Tulane University · USUniversity of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan · JP

Funding

Synaptic Plasticity of Hypothalamic NeuronsR01NS042081 · NINDS · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI TASKER, JEFFREY G · 2003 to 2008
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NINDS NIH HHS NS042081NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS042081
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spike-independent miniature postsynaptic currents are generally stochastic and are therefore not thought to mediate information relay in neuronal circuits. However, we recorded endogenous bursts of IPSCs in hypothalamic magnocellular neurones in the presence of TTX, which implicated a coordinated mechanism of spike-independent GABA release. IPSC bursts were identical in the absence of TTX, although the burst incidence increased 5-fold, indicating that IPSC bursts were composed of miniature IPSCs (mIPSCs), and that the probability of burst generation increased with action potential activity. IPSC bursts required extracellular calcium, although they were not dependent on calcium influx through voltage-gated calcium channels or on calcium mobilization from intracellular stores. Current injections simulating IPSC bursts were capable of triggering and terminating action potential trains. In 25% of dual recordings, a subset of IPSC bursts were highly synchronized in onset in pairs of magnocellular neurones. Synchronized IPSC bursts displayed properties that were consistent with simultaneous release at GABA synapses shared between pairs of postsynaptic magnocellular neurones. Synchronized bursts of inhibitory synaptic inputs represent a novel mechanism that may contribute to the action potential burst generation, termination and synchronization responsible for pulsatile hormone release from neuroendocrine cells.

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Action PotentialsAnimalsCalciumCalcium ChannelsElectrophysiological Phenomenagamma-Aminobutyric AcidHypothalamusInhibitory Postsynaptic PotentialsMaleNeuronsPatch-Clamp TechniquesRatsRats, WistarSodium Channel BlockersTetrodotoxinCalciumCalcium Channelsgamma-Aminobutyric AcidSodium Channel BlockersTetrodotoxin

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PMID20123785
PMCPMC2849960
OpenAlexW1550147840

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