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ArticleCerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)2022

Short-Term Facilitation of Long-Range Corticocortical Synapses Revealed by Selective Optical Stimulation.

Luis E Martinetti, Kelly E Bonekamp, Dawn M Autio, Hye-Hyun Kim, Shane R Crandall

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Article in Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Motor Control of Distinct Layer 6 Corticothalamic Feedback Circuits.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Luis E MartinettiNeuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
Kelly E BonekampDepartment of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
Dawn M AutioDepartment of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
Hye-Hyun KimDepartment of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
Shane R CrandallNeuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
Michigan State University · US

Funding

Dynamic properties of neural circuits in the forebrainR01NS117636 · NINDS · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Shane R Crandall · 2022 to 2026
$1.9M
Dynamic properties of corticothalamic circuitsR00NS096108 · NINDS · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI CRANDALL, SHANE R · 2018 to 2020
$843k
Dynamic properties of corticothalamic circuitsK99NS096108 · NINDS · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI CRANDALL, SHANE R · 2016 to 2017
$186k
Motor feedback control of layer six circuitsF31NS124244 · NINDS · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI MARTINETTI, LUIS ENRIQUE · 2021 to 2023
$101k
NINDS NIH HHS F31 NS124244NINDS NIH HHS K99 NS096108NINDS NIH HHS R00 NS096108NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS117636
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Short-term plasticity regulates the strength of central synapses as a function of previous activity. In the neocortex, direct synaptic interactions between areas play a central role in cognitive function, but the activity-dependent regulation of these long-range corticocortical connections and their impact on a postsynaptic target neuron is unclear. Here, we use an optogenetic strategy to study the connections between mouse primary somatosensory and motor cortex. We found that short-term facilitation was strong in both corticocortical synapses, resulting in far more sustained responses than local intracortical and thalamocortical connections. A major difference between pathways was that the synaptic strength and magnitude of facilitation were distinct for individual excitatory cells located across all cortical layers and specific subtypes of GABAergic neurons. Facilitation was dependent on the presynaptic calcium sensor synaptotagmin-7 and altered by several optogenetic approaches. Current-clamp recordings revealed that during repetitive activation, the short-term dynamics of corticocortical synapses enhanced the excitability of layer 2/3 pyramidal neurons, increasing the probability of spiking with activity. Furthermore, the properties of the connections linking primary with secondary somatosensory cortex resemble those between somatosensory-motor areas. These short-term changes in transmission properties suggest long-range corticocortical synapses are specialized for conveying information over relatively extended periods.

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Neuronal PlasticitySynapsesAnimalsMiceNeuronsPatch-Clamp TechniquesPyramidal Cellsbarrel cortexchannelrhodopsinneural circuitssensorimotorshort-term dynamics

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PMID34519352
PMCPMC9070351
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