Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21228165›Full record

ArticleThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2011

Axonal GABAA receptors increase cerebellar granule cell excitability and synaptic activity.

Jason R Pugh, Craig E Jahr

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Article in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers.

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54citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 84 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Mechanisms and Consequences of Cerebellar Purkinje Cell Disinhibition in a Mouse Model of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2022
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  17. Direction of action of presynaptic GABAJournal of neurophysiology · 2019
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  18. Antidromic Analog Signaling.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jason R PughVollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA.
Craig E Jahr
Oregon Health & Science University · USVollum Institute · US

Funding

Presynaptic receptors and analog signaling in the CNSR01NS066037 · NINDS · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI JAHR, CRAIG E · 2009 to 2015
$2.0M
TRAINING PROGRAM IN NEURONAL SIGNALINGT32NS007381 · NINDS · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI JAHR, CRAIG E · 1995 to 2011
$1.9M
NINDS NIH HHS NS007381NINDS NIH HHS NS066037NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS066037NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS007381
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report that activation of GABA(A) receptors on cerebellar granule cell axons modulates both transmitter release and the excitability of the axon and soma. Axonal GABA(A) receptors depolarize the axon, increasing its excitability and causing calcium influx at axonal varicosities. GABA-mediated subthreshold depolarizations in the axon spread electrotonically to the soma, promoting orthodromic action potential initiation. When chloride concentrations are unperturbed, GABA iontophoresis elicits spikes and increases excitability of parallel fibers, indicating that GABA(A) receptor-mediated responses are normally depolarizing. GABA release from molecular layer interneurons activates parallel fiber GABA(A) receptors, and this, in turn, increases release probability at synapses between parallel fibers and molecular layer interneurons. These results describe a positive feedback mechanism whereby transmission from granule cells to Purkinje cells and molecular layer interneurons will be strengthened during granule cell spike bursts evoked by sensory stimulation.

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AnimalsAxonsCerebellumExcitatory Postsynaptic Potentialsgamma-Aminobutyric AcidIn Vitro TechniquesNerve FibersPatch-Clamp TechniquesRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptors, GABA-ASynapsesgamma-Aminobutyric AcidReceptors, GABA-A

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PMID21228165
PMCPMC3242478
OpenAlexW2084144849

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