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ArticleThe Journal of physiology2019

NMDA receptors potentiate activity-dependent dendritic release of neuropeptides from hypothalamic neurons.

Soledad Pitra, Meng Zhang, Edmund Cauley, Javier E Stern

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Article in The Journal of physiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Soledad PitraMedical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA.
Meng ZhangMedical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA.
Edmund CauleyDepartment of Pharmacology and Physiology, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
Javier E SternMedical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9310-0486
Augusta University · USGeorge Washington University · US

Funding

DENDRITIC RELEASE OF NEUROPEPTIDES: ROLE IN BODILY HOMEOSTASISR01NS094640 · NINDS · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI STERN, JAVIER E · 2016 to 2020
$1.4M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS094640
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

key pointsUsing 'sniffer' cell biosensors, we evaluated the effects of specific firing patterns and frequencies on activity-dependent somatodendritic release of vasopressin from paraventricular nucleus neurones. Somatodendritic release of vasopressin was rarely observed during continuous firing but was strengthened by clustered activity. Moreover, release evoked at any given frequency was robustly potentiated by NMDA receptor (NMDAR)-mediated firing. Differently from axonal release, NMDAR activation was necessary for somatodendritic release to occur at physiological firing frequencies, acting thus as a gating mechanism by which activity-dependent release from these two neuronal compartments could be independently regulated. The NMDAR-mediated potentiation was independent of a specific firing pattern and was not accompanied by increased spike broadening, but correlated with higher dendritic Ca ABSTRACT: Dendrites are now recognized to be active transmitting neuronal compartments subserving complex brain functions, including motor behaviours and homeostatic neurohumoral responses. Still, the precise mechanisms underlying activity-dependent release of dendritic signals, and how dendritic release is regulated independently from axonal release, remains largely unknown. We used 'sniffer' biosensor cells to enable the measurement and study of activity-dependent dendritic release of vasopressin (VP) from hypothalamic neurones in brain slices. Sniffer

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ExocytosisAction PotentialsAnimalsCalciumDendritesHypothalamusMaleNeuronal PlasticityRatsRats, WistarReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateSynaptic TransmissionVasopressinsCalciumReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateVasopressinsDendriteneuropeptidesNMDAvasopressin

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PMID30629746
PMCPMC6418761
OpenAlexW2912656322

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