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ArticleThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2012

Simulated GABA synaptic input and L-type calcium channels form functional microdomains in hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons.

Peter J Hemond, Michael P O'Boyle, Carson B Roberts, Alfonso Delgado-Reyes, Zoe Hemond, Kelly J Suter

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Article in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. A unified model for two modes of bursting in GnRH neurons.Journal of computational neuroscience · 2016
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  10. In vivo recordings of GnRH neuron firing reveal heterogeneity and dependence upon GABAA receptor signaling.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2013
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Peter J HemondDepartment of Biology and Neurosciences Institute, University of Texas, San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249, USA.
Michael P O'Boyle
Carson B Roberts
Alfonso Delgado-Reyes
Zoe Hemond
Kelly J Suter
The University of Texas at San Antonio · USAutonomous University of Chihuahua · MXBodkin Design & Engineering (United States) · USNeurosciences Institute · US

Funding

Control of GnRH neurons by excitatory circuitryR01HD045436 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SAN ANTONIO · PI SUTER, KELLY J · 2004 to 2012
$1.8M
NICHD NIH HHS HD-045436NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD045436
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons integrate the multiple internal and external cues that regulate sexual reproduction. In contrast to other neurons that exhibit extensive dendritic arbors, GnRH neurons usually have a single dendrite with relatively little branching. This largely precludes the integration strategy in which a single dendritic branch serves as a unit of integration. In the present study, we identify a gradient in L-type calcium channels in dendrites of mouse GnRH neurons and its interaction with GABAergic and glutamatergic inputs. Higher levels of L-type calcium channels are in somata/proximal dendrites (i.e., 0-26 μm) and distal dendrites (∼130 μm dendrite length), but intervening midlengths of dendrite (∼27-130 μm) have reduced L-type calcium channels. Using uncaging of GABA, there is a decreasing GABAergic influence along the dendrite and the impact of GABA(A) receptors is dependent on activation of L-type calcium channels. This results in amplification of proximal GABAergic signals and attenuation of distal dendritic signals. Most interestingly, the intervening dendritic regions create a filter through which only relatively high-amplitude, low-frequency GABAergic signaling to dendrites elicits action potentials. The findings of the present study suggest that GnRH dendrites adopt an integration strategy whereby segments of single nonbranching GnRH dendrites create functional microdomains and thus serve as units of integration.

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alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic AcidAnimalsBiophysicsCalcium Channel BlockersCalcium Channels, L-TypeDendritesElectric StimulationExcitatory Postsynaptic Potentialsgamma-Aminobutyric AcidGonadotropin-Releasing HormoneGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHypothalamusIn Vitro TechniquesLysineMembrane MicrodomainsMicealpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic AcidbiocytinCalcium Channel BlockersCalcium Channels, L-Typegamma-Aminobutyric AcidGonadotropin-Releasing HormoneGreen Fluorescent ProteinsLysineNimodipine

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PMID22745478
PMCPMC3401604
OpenAlexW2048112347

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