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ArticleNature communications2016

Myelinating satellite oligodendrocytes are integrated in a glial syncytium constraining neuronal high-frequency activity.

Arne Battefeld, Jan Klooster, Maarten H P Kole

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Article in Nature communications, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers.

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67citing papers in PubMed
7.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

67 citing papers in PubMed, 113 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Arne BattefeldAxonal Signalling Group, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences, Meibergdreef 47, 1105 BA Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1777-4523
Jan KloosterAxonal Signalling Group, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences, Meibergdreef 47, 1105 BA Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Maarten H P KoleAxonal Signalling Group, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences, Meibergdreef 47, 1105 BA Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience · NLRoyal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences · NL

Funding

European Research Council P261114
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Satellite oligodendrocytes (s-OLs) are closely apposed to the soma of neocortical layer 5 pyramidal neurons but their properties and functional roles remain unresolved. Here we show that s-OLs form compact myelin and action potentials of the host neuron evoke precisely timed Ba(2+)-sensitive K(+) inward rectifying (Kir) currents in the s-OL. Unexpectedly, the glial K(+) inward current does not require oligodendrocytic Kir4.1. Action potential-evoked Kir currents are in part mediated by gap-junction coupling with neighbouring OLs and astrocytes that form a syncytium around the pyramidal cell body. Computational modelling predicts that glial Kir constrains the perisomatic [K(+)]o increase most importantly during high-frequency action potentials. Consistent with these predictions neurons with s-OLs showed a reduced probability for action potential burst firing during [K(+)]o elevations. These data suggest that s-OLs are integrated into a glial syncytium for the millisecond rapid K(+) uptake limiting activity-dependent [K(+)]o increase in the perisomatic neuron domain.

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Action PotentialsAlgorithmsAnimalsGiant CellsKcnj10 ChannelMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMice, TransgenicMicroscopy, ElectronModels, NeurologicalMyelin SheathNeuronsOligodendrogliaPatch-Clamp TechniquesPotassiumPotassium Channels, Inwardly RectifyingKcnj10 ChannelPotassiumPotassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying

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PMID27161034
PMCPMC4866043
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