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ArticleNature communications2015

Interneuron- and GABA(A) receptor-specific inhibitory synaptic plasticity in cerebellar Purkinje cells.

Qionger He, Ian Duguid, Beverley Clark, Patrizia Panzanelli, Bijal Patel, Philip Thomas, Jean-Marc Fritschy, Trevor G Smart

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Article in Nature communications, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Qionger HeDepartment of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Ian DuguidDepartment of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Beverley ClarkWolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Patrizia PanzanelliDepartment of Neuroscience Rita Levi Montalcini, University of Turin, 15-10126 Turin, Italy.
Bijal PatelDepartment of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Philip ThomasDepartment of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Jean-Marc FritschyInstitute of Pharmacology, University of Zurich, Winterthurestrasse 190, Zurich 8057, Switzerland.
Trevor G SmartDepartment of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
University College London · GBUniversity of Edinburgh · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/K005537/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inhibitory synaptic plasticity is important for shaping both neuronal excitability and network activity. Here we investigate the input and GABA(A) receptor subunit specificity of inhibitory synaptic plasticity by studying cerebellar interneuron-Purkinje cell (PC) synapses. Depolarizing PCs initiated a long-lasting increase in GABA-mediated synaptic currents. By stimulating individual interneurons, this plasticity was observed at somatodendritic basket cell synapses, but not at distal dendritic stellate cell synapses. Basket cell synapses predominantly express β2-subunit-containing GABA(A) receptors; deletion of the β2-subunit ablates this plasticity, demonstrating its reliance on GABA(A) receptor subunit composition. The increase in synaptic currents is dependent upon an increase in newly synthesized cell surface synaptic GABA(A) receptors and is abolished by preventing CaMKII phosphorylation of GABA(A) receptors. Our results reveal a novel GABA(A) receptor subunit- and input-specific form of inhibitory synaptic plasticity that regulates the temporal firing pattern of the principal output cells of the cerebellum.

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Neural InhibitionNeuronal PlasticityAnimalsCalciumCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2CerebellumInterneuronsLong-Term PotentiationMiceMice, KnockoutPatch-Clamp TechniquesPhosphorylationPurkinje CellsReceptors, GABAReceptors, GABA-ACalciumCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2Gabrb2 protein, mouseReceptors, GABAReceptors, GABA-A

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PMID26179122
PMCPMC4518301
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