Evidence map›Paper›PMID 23605187›Full record

ArticleCerebellum (London, England)2013

Gain control of synaptic response function in cerebellar nuclear neurons by a calcium-activated potassium conductance.

Steven Si Feng, Risa Lin, Volker Gauck, Dieter Jaeger

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Article in Cerebellum (London, England), 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Authors and funding

4 authors.

Steven Si FengDepartment of Biology, Emory University, 1510 Clifton Rd., Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
Risa Lin
Volker Gauck
Dieter Jaeger

Funding

Synaptic integration in the deep cerebellar nucleiR01MH065634 · NIMH · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI JAEGER, DIETER · 2003 to 2007
$1.1M
CRCNS: Cerebellar cortico-nuclear interactionsR01NS067201 · NINDS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI JAEGER, DIETER · 2009 to 2013
$1.1M
Optogenetic investigation of olivary inputs to the deep cerebellar nucleiR21NS074296 · NINDS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI JAEGER, DIETER · 2011 to 2012
$429k
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH065634NIMH NIH HHS R01-MH065634NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS067201NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS074296
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small conductance Ca(2+)-activated potassium (SK) current provides an important modulator of excitatory synaptic transmission, which undergoes plastic regulation via multiple mechanisms. We examined whether inhibitory input processing is also dependent on SK current in the cerebellar nuclei (CN) where inhibition provides the only route of information transfer from the cerebellar cortical Purkinje cells. We employed dynamic clamping in conjunction with computer simulations to address this question. We found that SK current plays a critical role in the inhibitory synaptic control of spiking output. Specifically, regulation of SK current density resulted in a gain control of spiking output, such that low SK current promoted large output signaling for large inhibitory cell input fluctuations due to Purkinje cell synchronization. In contrast, smaller nonsynchronized Purkinje cell input fluctuations were not amplified. Regulation of SK density in the CN therefore would likely lead to important consequences for the transmission of synchronized Purkinje cell activity to the motor system.

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Action PotentialsAnimalsCalciumCerebellar NucleiElectric StimulationNeural InhibitionNeuronsPotassiumRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySynapsesSynaptic TransmissionCalciumPotassium

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PMID23605187
PMCPMC3762888

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