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ArticleCommunications biology2022

Developmental depression-to-facilitation shift controls excitation-inhibition balance.

David W Jia, Tim P Vogels, Rui Ponte Costa

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Article in Communications biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

David W JiaCentre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Tim P Vogels *Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3295-6181
Rui Ponte Costa *Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. rui.costa@bristol.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2595-2027

Funding

Wellcome Trust 214316/Z/18/ZWellcome Trust WT 100000
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Changes in the short-term dynamics of excitatory synapses over development have been observed throughout cortex, but their purpose and consequences remain unclear. Here, we propose that developmental changes in synaptic dynamics buffer the effect of slow inhibitory long-term plasticity, allowing for continuously stable neural activity. Using computational modeling we demonstrate that early in development excitatory short-term depression quickly stabilises neural activity, even in the face of strong, unbalanced excitation. We introduce a model of the commonly observed developmental shift from depression to facilitation and show that neural activity remains stable throughout development, while inhibitory synaptic plasticity slowly balances excitation, consistent with experimental observations. Our model predicts changes in the input responses from phasic to phasic-and-tonic and more precise spike timings. We also observe a gradual emergence of short-lasting memory traces governed by short-term plasticity development. We conclude that the developmental depression-to-facilitation shift may control excitation-inhibition balance throughout development with important functional consequences.

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DepressionSynapsesCerebral CortexNeuronal Plasticity

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PMID36008708
PMCPMC9411206

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