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ArticleCognitive neurodynamics2012

Differential contributions of somatic and dendritic calcium-dependent potassium currents to the control of motoneuron excitability following spinal cord injury.

Sharmila Venugopal, Thomas M Hamm, Ranu Jung

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Article in Cognitive neurodynamics, 2012. 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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5 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sharmila VenugopalDepartment of Integrative Biology & Physiology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA.
Thomas M Hamm
Ranu Jung
Florida International University · USSt. Joseph's Hospital · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

CRCNS: Modeling Neuromusculoskeletal Alterations after Spinal Cord InjuryR01NS054282 · NINDS · ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY-TEMPE CAMPUS · PI JUNG, RANU · 2005 to 2008
$1.3M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS054282
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The hyperexcitability of alpha-motoneurons and accompanying spasticity following spinal cord injury (SCI) have been attributed to enhanced persistent inward currents (PICs), including L-type calcium and persistent sodium currents. Factors controlling PICs may offer new therapies for managing spasticity. Such factors include calcium-activated potassium (KCa) currents, comprising in motoneurons an after-hyperpolarization-producing current (I KCaN) activated by N/P-type calcium currents, and a second current (I KCaL) activated by L-type calcium currents (Li and Bennett in J neurophysiol 97:767-783, 2007). We hypothesize that these two currents offer differential control of PICs and motoneuron excitability based on their probable somatic and dendritic locations, respectively. We reproduced SCI-induced PIC enhancement in a two-compartment motoneuron model that resulted in persistent dendritic plateau potentials. Removing dendritic I KCaL eliminated primary frequency range discharge and produced an abrupt transition into tertiary range firing without significant changes in the overall frequency gain. However, I KCaN removal mainly increased the gain. Steady-state analyses of dendritic membrane potential showed that I KCaL limits plateau potential magnitude and strongly modulates the somatic injected current thresholds for plateau onset and offset. In contrast, I KCaN had no effect on the plateau magnitude and thresholds. These results suggest that impaired function of I KCaL may be an important intrinsic mechanism underlying PIC-induced motoneuron hyperexcitability following SCI.

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Calcium currentsCalcium dependent potassium currentsDendritic currentsHyperexcitabilityMotoneuron modelPersistent inward currentsSpasticitySpinal cord injurySteady-state analysis

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PMID23730358
PMCPMC3368057
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