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ArticleFrontiers in neural circuits2014

Glycinergic transmission modulates GABAergic inhibition in the avian auditory pathway.

Matthew J Fischl, R Michael Burger

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Article in Frontiers in neural circuits, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Inhibitory Neural Circuits in the Mammalian Auditory Midbrain.Journal of experimental neuroscience · 2018
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  5. Editorial: Inhibitory function in auditory processing.Frontiers in neural circuits · 2015
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Matthew J FischlDepartment of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA, USA.
R Michael BurgerDepartment of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA, USA.
Lehigh University · US

Funding

Efferent inhibitory mechanisms in binaural processingR01DC008989 · NIDCD · LEHIGH UNIVERSITY · PI BURGER, R. MICHAEL · 2009 to 2013
$1.8M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC008989NIDCD NIH HHS R01DC 008989
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For all neurons, a proper balance of synaptic excitation and inhibition is crucial to effect computational precision. Achievement of this balance is remarkable when one considers factors that modulate synaptic strength operate on multiple overlapping time scales and affect both pre- and postsynaptic elements. Recent studies have shown that inhibitory transmitters, glycine and GABA, are co-released in auditory nuclei involved in the computation of interaural time disparities (ITDs), a cue used to process sound source location. The co-release expressed at these synapses is heavily activity dependent, and generally occurs when input rates are high. This circuitry, in both birds and mammals, relies on inhibitory input to maintain the temporal precision necessary for ITD encoding. Studies of co-release in other brain regions suggest that GABA and glycine receptors (GlyRs) interact via cross-suppressive modulation of receptor conductance. We performed in vitro whole-cell recordings in several nuclei of the chicken brainstem auditory circuit to assess whether this cross-suppressive phenomenon was evident in the avian brainstem. We evaluated the effect of pressure-puff applied glycine on synaptically evoked inhibitory currents in nucleus magnocellularis (NM) and the superior olivary nucleus (SON). Glycine pre-application reduced the amplitude of inhibitory postsynaptic currents (IPSCs) evoked during a 100 Hz train stimulus in both nuclei. This apparent glycinergic modulation was blocked in the presence of strychnine. Further experiments showed that this modulation did not depend on postsynaptic biochemical interactions such as phosphatase activity, or direct interactions between GABA and GlyR proteins. Rather, voltage clamp experiments in which we manipulated Cl(-) flux during agonist application suggest that activation of one receptor will modulate the conductance of the other via local changes in Cl(-) ion concentration within microdomains of the postsynaptic membrane.

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AnimalsAuditory PathwaysChickensFemalegamma-Aminobutyric AcidGlycineInhibitory Postsynaptic PotentialsMaleNeural InhibitionNeuronsOlivary NucleusPatch-Clamp TechniquesReceptors, GlycineSynaptic Transmissiongamma-Aminobutyric AcidGlycineReceptors, Glycinecross-suppressionGABAglycineinhibitioninteraural time disparities

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PMID24672432
PMCPMC3954080
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