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ArticleThe Journal of physiology2011

Calcium-activated non-selective cation currents are involved in generation of tonic and bursting activity in dopamine neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta.

Ana Mrejeru, Aguan Wei, Jan Marino Ramirez

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Article in The Journal of physiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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52citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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52 citing papers in PubMed, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ana MrejeruCommittee on Neurobiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Aguan Wei
Jan Marino Ramirez
University of Washington · USUniversity of Chicago · US

Funding

Intrinsic amplification of synaptic inputs to nigral dopamine cellsF31NS062524 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI MREJERU, DANA ANAMARIA · 2008 to 2008
$36k
NINDS NIH HHS F31 NS062524
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nigral dopamine neurons are transiently activated by high frequency glutamatergic inputs relaying reward-predicting sensory information. The tonic firing pattern of dopamine cells responds to these inputs with a transient burst of spikes that requires NMDA receptors. Here, we show that NMDA receptor activation further excites the cell by recruiting a calcium-activated non-selective cation current (ICAN) capable of generating a plateau potential. Burst firing in vitro is eliminated after blockade of ICAN with flufenamic acid, 9-phenanthrol, or intracellular BAPTA. ICAN is likely to be mediated by a transient receptor potential (TRP) channel, and RT-PCR was used to confirm expression of TRPM2 and TRPM4mRNA in substantia nigra pars compacta.We propose that ICAN is selectively activated during burst firing to boost NMDA currents and allow plateau potentials. This boost mechanism may render DA cells vulnerable to excitotoxicity.

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Action PotentialsAnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsCalciumChelating AgentsDopamineEgtazic AcidFlufenamic AcidIon ChannelsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicNeuronsPhenanthrenesReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateSubstantia Nigra1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid9-phenanthrolAnti-Inflammatory AgentsCalciumChelating AgentsDopamineEgtazic AcidFlufenamic AcidIon ChannelsPhenanthrenesReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateTransient Receptor Potential ChannelsTRPM2 protein, mouseTRPM4 protein, mouseTRPM Cation Channels

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PMID21486760
PMCPMC3115821
OpenAlexW1486153595

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