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ArticleJournal of neurophysiology2010

Frequency-dependent release of substance P mediates heterosynaptic potentiation of glutamatergic synaptic responses in the rat visual thalamus.

Sean P Masterson, Jianli Li, Martha E Bickford

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Article in Journal of neurophysiology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
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Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Substance P in the medial amygdala regulates aggressive behaviors in male mice.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2024
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  15. Retinal and Tectal "Driver-Like" Inputs Converge in the Shell of the Mouse Dorsal Lateral Geniculate Nucleus.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2015
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sean P MastersonDepartment of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville, School of Medicine, 500 S. Preston St., Louisville, KY 40292, USA.
Jianli Li
Martha E Bickford
University of Louisville · US

Funding

CHOLINERGIC INFLUENCES ON CORTICOTHALAMIC TRANSMISSIONR01NS035377 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI BICKFORD, MARTHA E · 2000 to 2008
$2.2M
Substance P and the tectothalamic pathwayF31NS052012 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI MASTERSON, SEAN P · 2006 to 2008
$76k
NINDS NIH HHS F31-NS-052012NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS035377NINDS NIH HHS R01-NS-35377
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To investigate the interaction between peptides and glutamatergic synapses in the dorsal thalamus, we compared the frequency-dependent plasticity of excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) in the tectorecipient zone of rodent lateral posterior nucleus (LPN), which is densely innervated by axons that contain the neuromodulator substance P (SP). Immunocytochemistry and confocal and electron microscopy revealed that neurokinin 1 (NK1) receptors are distributed on the dendrites of LPN cells, whereas SP is contained in axons originating from the superior colliculus (SC) and is reduced following SC lesions. In vitro whole cell recordings in parasagittal slices revealed that stimulation of the SC or optic radiations (corticothalamic axons [CTXs]) evoked LPN EPSPs that increased in amplitude with increasing stimulation intensity, suggesting convergence. With 0.5- to 10-Hz stimulus trains, CTX EPSP amplitudes displayed frequency-dependent facilitation, whereas SC EPSP amplitudes were unchanged. High-frequency SC stimulation (100 Hz for 0.5 s), or bath application of SP, resulted in gradual increases in both SC and CTX EPSP amplitudes to twofold or greater above baseline within 15-20 min poststimulation/application. This enhancement correlated with increases in input resistance and both the potentiation and resistance change were abolished in the presence of the NK1 antagonist L-703,606. These results indicate that SP is released when SC-LPN neurons fire at high frequency and SP acts postsynaptically via NK1 receptors to potentiate subsequent LPN responses to both cortical and tectal inputs. We suggest that the SP-mediated potentiation of synaptic responses may serve to amplify responses to threatening objects that move across large regions of the visual field.

Indexed as

AnimalsElectric StimulationExcitatory Postsynaptic PotentialsFemaleGlutamic AcidLateral Thalamic NucleiMaleRatsRats, Long-EvansSubstance PSynapsesSynaptic PotentialsThalamusVisual FieldsGlutamic AcidSubstance P

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PMID20660425
PMCPMC2944677
OpenAlexW2037270357

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