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

Brain-Generated 17β-Estradiol Modulates Long-Term Synaptic Plasticity in the Primary Auditory Cortex of Adult Male Rats.

Chloe N Soutar, Patrick Grenier, Ashutosh Patel, Pauline P Kabitsis, Mary C Olmstead, Craig D C Bailey, Hans C Dringenberg

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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 3 papers.

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0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 50% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chloe N SoutarCentre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2283-2599
Patrick GrenierDepartment of Psychology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada.
Ashutosh PatelDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1384-1012
Pauline P KabitsisDepartment of Psychology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada.
Mary C OlmsteadCentre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada.
Craig D C BaileyDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4320-6872
Hans C DringenbergCentre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4042-8250
Queen's University · CAUniversity of Guelph · CA

Funding

CIHR MOP-123298
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuron-derived 17β-estradiol (E2) alters synaptic transmission and plasticity in brain regions with endocrine and non-endocrine functions. Investigations into a modulatory role of E2 in synaptic activity and plasticity have mainly focused on the rodent hippocampal formation. In songbirds, E2 is synthesized by auditory forebrain neurons and promotes auditory signal processing and memory for salient acoustic stimuli; however, the modulatory effects of E2 on memory-related synaptic plasticity mechanisms have not been directly examined in the auditory forebrain. We investigated the effects of bidirectional E2 manipulations on synaptic transmission and long-term potentiation (LTP) in the rat primary auditory cortex (A1). Immunohistochemistry revealed widespread neuronal expression of the E2 biosynthetic enzyme aromatase in multiple regions of the rat sensory and association neocortex, including A1. In A1, E2 application reduced the threshold for in vivo LTP induction at layer IV synapses, whereas pharmacological suppression of E2 production by aromatase inhibition abolished LTP induction at layer II/III synapses. In acute A1 slices, glutamate and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor-mediated currents were sensitive to E2 manipulations in a layer-specific manner. These findings demonstrate that locally synthesized E2 modulates synaptic transmission and plasticity in A1 and suggest potential mechanisms by which E2 contributes to auditory signal processing and memory.

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AromataseAuditory CortexAnimalsEstradiolLong-Term PotentiationMaleNeuronal PlasticityProsencephalonRatsSynapsesSynaptic TransmissionAromataseEstradiol17β-estradiolaromataselong-term potentiationneocortexrat

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PMID34628498
PMCPMC9113287
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