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Journal articles on the topic "GABAergic/glycinergic synaptic transmission"
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Donato, Roberta, and Andrea Nistri. "Relative Contribution by GABA or Glycine to Cl−-Mediated Synaptic Transmission on Rat Hypoglossal Motoneurons In Vitro." Journal of Neurophysiology 84, no. 6 (December 1, 2000): 2715–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.2000.84.6.2715.
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The relative contribution by GABA and glycine to synaptic transmission of motoneurons was investigated using an hypoglossus nucleus slice preparation from neonatal rats. Spontaneous, miniature, or electrically evoked postsynaptic currents (sPSCs, mPSCs, ePSCs, respectively) mediated by glycine or GABA were recorded under whole cell voltage clamp after blocking excitatory glutamatergic transmission with kynurenic acid. The overall majority of Cl−-mediated sPSCs was glycinergic, while only one-third was GABAergic; 70 ± 10% of mPSCs were glycinergic while 22 ± 8% were GABAergic. Tetrodotoxin (TTX) application dramatically reduced the frequency (and slightly the amplitude) of GABAergic events without changing frequency or amplitude of glycinergic sPSCs. These results indicate that, unlike spontaneous GABAergic transmission, glycine-mediated neurotransmission was essentially independent of network activity. There was a consistent difference in the kinetics of GABAergic and glycinergic responses as GABAergic events had significantly slower rise and decay times than glycinergic ones. Such a difference was always present whenever sPSCs, mPSCs, or ePSCs were measured. Finally, GABAergic and glycinergic mPSCs were differentially modulated by activation of glutamate metabotropic receptors (mGluRs), which are abundant in the hypoglossus nucleus. In fact, the broad-spectrum mGluR agonist (±)-1-aminocyclopentane- trans-1,3-dicarboxylic acid (50 μM), which in control solution increased the frequency of both GABAergic and glycinergic sPSCs, enhanced the frequency of glycinergic mPSCs only. These results indicate that on brain stem motoneurons, Cl−-mediated synaptic transmission is mainly due to glycine rather than GABA and that GABAergic and glycinergic events differ in terms of kinetics and pharmacological sensitivity to mGluR activation or TTX.
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Donato, Roberta, and Andrea Nistri. "Differential Short-Term Changes in GABAergic or Glycinergic Synaptic Efficacy on Rat Hypoglossal Motoneurons." Journal of Neurophysiology 86, no. 2 (August 1, 2001): 565–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.2001.86.2.565.
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Using whole cell patch-clamp recording from hypoglossal motoneurons of a neonatal rat brain slice preparation, we investigated short-term changes in synaptic transmission mediated by GABA or glycine. In 1.5 mM extracellular Ca2+[Ca2+]o, pharmacologically isolated GABAergic or glycinergic currents were elicited by electrical stimulation of the reticular formation. At low stimulation frequency, glycinergic currents were larger and faster than GABAergic ones. GABAergic currents were strongly facilitated by pulse trains at 5 or 10 Hz without apparent depression. This phenomenon persisted after pharmacological block of GABABreceptors. Glycinergic currents were comparatively much less enhanced than GABAergic currents. One possible mechanism to account for this difference is that GABAergic currents decayed so slowly that consecutive responses summated over an incrementing baseline. However, while synaptic summation appeared at ≥10-Hz stimulation, at 5 Hz strong facilitation developed with minimal summation of GABA-mediated currents. Glycinergic currents decayed so fast that summation was minimal. As [Ca2+]o is known to shape short-term synaptic changes, we examined if varying [Ca2+]o could differentially affect facilitation of GABA- or glycine-operated synapses. With 5 mM [Ca2+]o, the frequency of spontaneous GABAergic or glycinergic currents appeared much higher but GABAergic current facilitation was blocked (and replaced by depression), whereas glycinergic currents remained slightly facilitated. [Ca2+]omanipulation thus brought about distinct processes responsible for facilitation of GABAergic or glycinergic transmission. Our data therefore demonstrate an unexpectedly robust, short-term increase in the efficiency of GABAergic synapses that can become at least as effective as glycinergic synapses.
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Awatramani, Gautam B., Rostislav Turecek, and Laurence O. Trussell. "Staggered Development of GABAergic and Glycinergic Transmission in the MNTB." Journal of Neurophysiology 93, no. 2 (February 2005): 819–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00798.2004.
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Maturation of some brain stem and spinal inhibitory systems is characterized by a shift from GABAergic to glycinergic transmission. Little is known about how this transition is expressed in terms of individual axonal inputs and synaptic sites. We have explored this issue in the rat medial nucleus of the trapezoid body (MNTB). Synaptic responses at postnatal days 5–7 (P5–P7) were small, slow, and primarily mediated by GABAA receptors. By P8–P12, an additional, faster glycinergic component emerged. At these ages, GABAA, glycine, or both types of receptors mediated transmission, even at single synaptic sites. Thereafter, glycinergic development greatly accelerated. By P25, evoked inhibitory postsynaptic currents (IPSCs) were 10 times briefer and 100 times larger than those measured in the youngest group, suggesting a proliferation of synaptic inputs activating fast-kinetic receptors. Glycinergic miniature IPSCs (mIPSCs) increased markedly in size and decay rate with age. GABAergic mIPSCs also accelerated, but declined slightly in amplitude. Overall, the efficacy of GABAergic inputs showed little maturation between P5 and P20. Although gramicidin perforated-patch recordings revealed that GABA or glycine depolarized P5–P7 cells but hyperpolarized P14–P15 cells, the young depolarizing inputs were not suprathreshold. In addition, vesicle-release properties of inhibitory axons also matured: GABAergic responses in immature rats were highly asynchronous, while in older rats, precise, phasic glycinergic IPSCs could transmit even with 500-Hz stimuli. Thus development of inhibition is characterized by coordinated modifications to transmitter systems, vesicle release kinetics, Cl− gradients, receptor properties, and numbers of synaptic inputs. The apparent switch in GABA/glycine transmission was predominantly due to enhanced glycinergic function.
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Sebe, Joy Y., Erika D. Eggers, and Albert J. Berger. "Differential Effects of Ethanol on GABAA and Glycine Receptor-Mediated Synaptic Currents in Brain Stem Motoneurons." Journal of Neurophysiology 90, no. 2 (August 2003): 870–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00119.2003.
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Ethanol potentiates glycinergic synaptic transmission to hypoglossal motoneurons (HMs). This effect on glycinergic transmission changes with postnatal development in that juvenile HMs (P9–13) are more sensitive to ethanol than neonate HMs (P1–3). We have now extended our previous study to investigate ethanol modulation of synaptic GABAA receptors (GABAARs), because both GABA and glycine mediate inhibitory synaptic transmission to brain stem motoneurons. We tested the effects of ethanol on GABAergic and glycinergic miniature inhibitory postsynaptic currents (mIPSCs) recorded from neonate and juvenile rat HMs in an in vitro slice preparation. Bath application of 30 mM ethanol had no significant effect on the GABAergic mIPSC amplitude or frequency recorded at either age. At 100 mM, ethanol significantly decreased the GABAergic mIPSC amplitude recorded from neonate (6 ± 3%, P < 0.05) and juvenile (16 ± 3%, P < 0.01) HMs. The same concentration of ethanol increased the GABAergic mIPSC frequency recorded from neonate (64 ± 17%, P < 0.05) and juvenile (40 ± 15%, n.s.) HMs. In contrast, 100 mM ethanol robustly potentiated glycinergic mIPSC amplitude in neonate (31 ± 3%, P < 0.0001) and juvenile (41 ± 7%, P < 0.001) HMs. These results suggest that glycine receptors are more sensitive to modulation by ethanol than GABAA receptors and that 100 mM ethanol has the opposite effect on GABAAR-mediated currents in juvenile HMs, that is, inhibition rather than enhancement. Further, comparing ethanol's effects on GABAergic mIPSC amplitude and frequency, ethanol modulates GABAergic synaptic transmission to HMs differentially. Presynaptically, ethanol enhances mIPSC frequency while postsynaptically it decreases mIPSC amplitude.
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Liu, Tao, Tsugumi Fujita, and Eiichi Kumamoto. "Acetylcholine and norepinephrine mediate GABAergic but not glycinergic transmission enhancement by melittin in adult rat substantia gelatinosa neurons." Journal of Neurophysiology 106, no. 1 (July 2011): 233–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00838.2010.
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GABAergic and glycinergic inhibitory synaptic transmissions in substantia gelatinosa (SG; lamina II of Rexed) neurons of the spinal dorsal horn play an important role in regulating nociceptive transmission from the periphery. It has not yet been well known whether each of the inhibitory transmissions plays a distinct role in the regulation. We report an involvement of neurotransmitters in GABAergic but not glycinergic transmission enhancement produced by the PLA2 activator melittin, where the whole-cell patch-clamp technique is applied to the SG neurons of adult rat spinal cord slices. Glycinergic but not GABAergic spontaneous inhibitory postsynaptic current (sIPSC) was increased in frequency and amplitude by melittin in the presence of nicotinic, muscarinic acetylcholine, and α1-adrenergic receptor antagonists (mecamylamine, atropine, and WB-4101, respectively). GABAergic transmission enhancement produced by melittin was unaffected by the 5-hydroxytryptamine 3 receptor and P2X receptor antagonists (ICS-205,930 and pyridoxalphosphate-6-azophenyl-2′,4′-disulphonic acid, respectively). Nicotinic and muscarinic acetylcholine receptor agonists [(−)-nicotine and carbamoylcholine, respectively] and norepinephrine, as well as melittin, increased GABAergic sIPSC frequency and amplitude. A repeated application of (−)-nicotine, carbamoylcholine, and norepinephrine, but not melittin, at an interval of 30 min produced a similar transmission enhancement. These results indicate that melittin produces the release of acetylcholine and norepinephrine, which activate (nicotinic and muscarinic) acetylcholine and α1-adrenergic receptors, respectively, resulting in GABAergic but not glycinergic transmission enhancement in SG neurons. The desensitization of a system leading to the acetylcholine and norepinephrine release is slow in recovery. This distinction in modulation between GABAergic and glycinergic transmissions may play a role in regulating nociceptive transmission.
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Schubert, Timm, Daniel Kerschensteiner, Erika D. Eggers, Thomas Misgeld, Martin Kerschensteiner, Jeff W. Lichtman, Peter D. Lukasiewicz, and Rachel O. L. Wong. "Development of Presynaptic Inhibition Onto Retinal Bipolar Cell Axon Terminals Is Subclass-Specific." Journal of Neurophysiology 100, no. 1 (July 2008): 304–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.90202.2008.
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Synaptic integration is modulated by inhibition onto the dendrites of postsynaptic cells. However, presynaptic inhibition at axonal terminals also plays a critical role in the regulation of neurotransmission. In contrast to the development of inhibitory synapses onto dendrites, GABAergic/glycinergic synaptogenesis onto axon terminals has not been widely studied. Because retinal bipolar cells receive subclass-specific patterns of GABAergic and glycinergic presynaptic inhibition, they are a good model for studying the development of inhibition at axon terminals. Here, using whole cell recording methods and transgenic mice in which subclasses of retinal bipolar cells are labeled, we determined the temporal sequence and patterning of functional GABAergic and glycinergic input onto the major subclasses of bipolar cells. We found that the maturation of GABAergic and glycinergic synapses onto the axons of rod bipolar cells (RBCs), on-cone bipolar cells (on-CBCs) and off-cone bipolar cells (off-CBCs) were temporally distinct: spontaneous chloride-mediated currents are present in RBCs earlier in development compared with on- and off-CBC, and RBCs receive GABAergic and glycinergic input simultaneously, whereas in off-CBCs, glycinergic transmission emerges before GABAergic transmission. Because on-CBCs show little inhibitory activity, GABAergic and glycinergic events could not be pharmacologically distinguished for these bipolar cells. The balance of GABAergic and glycinergic input that is unique to RBCs and off-CBCs is established shortly after the onset of synapse formation and precedes visual experience. Our data suggest that presynaptic modulation of glutamate transmission from bipolar cells matures rapidly and is differentially coordinated for GABAergic and glycinergic synapses onto distinct bipolar cell subclasses.
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Liu, Tao, Tsugumi Fujita, Terumasa Nakatsuka, and Eiichi Kumamoto. "Phospholipase A2 Activation Enhances Inhibitory Synaptic Transmission in Rat Substantia Gelatinosa Neurons." Journal of Neurophysiology 99, no. 3 (March 2008): 1274–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.01292.2007.
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Phospholipase A2 (PLA2) activation enhances glutamatergic excitatory synaptic transmission in substantia gelatinosa (SG) neurons, which play a pivotal role in regulating nociceptive transmission in the spinal cord. By using melittin as a tool to activate PLA2, we examined the effect of PLA2 activation on spontaneous inhibitory postsynaptic currents (sIPSCs) recorded at 0 mV in SG neurons of adult rat spinal cord slices by use of the whole cell patch-clamp technique. Melittin enhanced the frequency and amplitude of GABAergic and glycinergic sIPSCs. The enhancement of GABAergic but not glycinergic transmission was largely depressed by Na+ channel blocker tetrodotoxin or glutamate-receptor antagonists (6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione and/or dl-2-amino-5-phosphonovaleric acid) and also in a Ca2+-free Krebs solution. The effects of melittin on glycinergic sIPSC frequency and amplitude were dose-dependent with an effective concentration of ∼0.7 μM for half-maximal effect and were depressed by PLA2 inhibitor 4-bromophenacyl bromide or aristolochic acid. The melittin-induced enhancement of glycinergic transmission was depressed by lipoxygenase inhibitor nordihydroguaiaretic acid but not cyclooxygenase inhibitor indomethacin. These results indicate that the activation of PLA2 in the SG enhances GABAergic and glycinergic inhibitory transmission in SG neurons. The former action is mediated by glutamate-receptor activation and neuronal activity increase, possibly the facilitatory effect of PLA2 activation on excitatory transmission, whereas the latter action is due to PLA2 and subsequent lipoxygenase activation and is independent of extracellular Ca2+. It is suggested that PLA2 activation in the SG could enhance not only excitatory but also inhibitory transmission, resulting in the modulation of nociception.
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Gao, Bao-Xi, Christian Stricker, and Lea Ziskind-Conhaim. "Transition From GABAergic to Glycinergic Synaptic Transmission in Newly Formed Spinal Networks." Journal of Neurophysiology 86, no. 1 (July 1, 2001): 492–502. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.2001.86.1.492.
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The role of glycinergic and GABAergic systems in mediating spontaneous synaptic transmission in newly formed neural networks was examined in motoneurons in the developing rat spinal cord. Properties of action potential–independent miniature inhibitory postsynaptic currents (mIPSCs) mediated by glycine and GABAA receptors (GlyR and GABAAR) were studied in spinal cord slices of 17- to 18-day-old embryos ( E17–18) and 1- to 3-day-old postnatal rats ( P1–3). mIPSC frequency and amplitude significantly increased after birth, while their decay time decreased. To determine the contribution of glycinergic and GABAergic synapses to those changes, GlyR- and GABAAR-mediated mIPSCs were isolated based on their pharmacological properties. Two populations of pharmacologically distinct mIPSCs were recorded in the presence of glycine or GABAA receptors antagonists: bicuculline-resistant, fast-decaying GlyR-mediated mIPSCs, and strychnine-resistant, slow-decaying GABAAR-mediated mIPSCs. The frequency of GABAAR-mediated mIPSCs was fourfold higher than that of GlyR-mediated mIPSCs at E17–18, indicating that GABAergic synaptic sites were functionally dominant at early stages of neural network formation. Properties of GABAAR-mediated mIPSC amplitude fluctuations changed from primarily unimodal skewed distribution at E17–18 to Gaussian mixtures with two to three discrete components at P1–3. A developmental shift from primarily long-duration GABAergic mIPSCs to short-duration glycinergic mIPSCs was evident after birth, when the frequency of GlyR-mediated mIPSCs increased 10-fold. This finding suggested that either the number of glycinergic synapses or the probability of vesicular glycine release increased during the period studied. The increased frequency of GlyR-mediated mIPSCs was associated with more than a twofold increase in their mean amplitude, and in the number of motoneurons in which mIPSC amplitude fluctuations were best fitted by multi-component Gaussian curves. A third subpopulation of mIPSCs was apparent in the absence of glycine and GABAA receptor antagonists: mIPSCs with both fast and slow decaying components. Based on their dual-component decay time and their suppression by either strychnine or bicuculline, we assumed that these were generated by the activation of co-localized postsynaptic glycine and GABAA receptors. The contribution of mixed glycine-GABA synaptic sites to the generation of mIPSCs did not change after birth. The developmental switch from predominantly long-duration GABAergic inhibitory synaptic currents to short-duration glycinergic currents might serve as a mechanism regulating neuronal excitation in the developing spinal networks.
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McMenamin, Caitlin A., Laura Anselmi, R. Alberto Travagli, and Kirsteen N. Browning. "Developmental regulation of inhibitory synaptic currents in the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus in the rat." Journal of Neurophysiology 116, no. 4 (October 1, 2016): 1705–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00249.2016.
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Prior immunohistochemical studies have demonstrated that at early postnatal time points, central vagal neurons receive both glycinergic and GABAergic inhibitory inputs. Functional studies have demonstrated, however, that adult vagal efferent motoneurons receive only inhibitory GABAergic synaptic inputs, suggesting loss of glycinergic inhibitory neurotransmission during postnatal development. The purpose of the present study was to test the hypothesis that the loss of glycinergic inhibitory synapses occurs in the immediate postnatal period. Whole cell patch-clamp recordings were made from dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus (DMV) neurons from postnatal days 1–30, and the effects of the GABAA receptor antagonist bicuculline (1–10 μM) and the glycine receptor antagonist strychnine (1 μM) on miniature inhibitory postsynaptic current (mIPSC) properties were examined. While the baseline frequency of mIPSCs was not altered by maturation, perfusion with bicuculline either abolished mIPSCs altogether or decreased mIPSC frequency and decay constant in the majority of neurons at all time points. In contrast, while strychnine had no effect on mIPSC frequency, its actions to increase current decay time declined during postnatal maturation. These data suggest that in early postnatal development, DMV neurons receive both GABAergic and glycinergic synaptic inputs. Glycinergic neurotransmission appears to decline by the second postnatal week, and adult neurons receive principally GABAergic inhibitory inputs. Disruption of this developmental switch from GABA-glycine to purely GABAergic transmission in response to early life events may, therefore, lead to adverse consequences in vagal efferent control of visceral functions.
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Shao, Mei, June C. Hirsch, and Kenna D. Peusner. "Emergence of Action Potential Generation and Synaptic Transmission in Vestibular Nucleus Neurons." Journal of Neurophysiology 96, no. 3 (September 2006): 1215–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00180.2006.
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Principal cells of the chick tangential nucleus are vestibular nucleus neurons in the hindbrain. Although detailed information is available on the morphogenesis of principal cells and synaptogenesis of primary vestibular fibers, this is the first study of their early functional development, when vestibular terminals emerge at embryonic days 10 and 13 (E10 and E13). At E10, 60% of principal cells generated spikes on depolarization, whereas 50% exhibited excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) on vestibular-nerve stimulation. The frequency was 0.2 Hz for glutamatergic spontaneous EPSCs (sEPSCs) at −60 mV, and 0.6 Hz for spontaneous inhibitory postsynaptic current (sIPSC) at +10 mV and completely GABAergic. All of these synaptic events were TTX-insensitive, miniature events. At E13, 50% of principal cells generated spikes on depolarization and 82% exhibited EPSCs on vestibular-nerve stimulation. The frequency was 0.7 Hz for sEPSCs at −60 mV, and 0.8 Hz for sIPSCs at +10 mV. Most principal cells had sIPSCs composed of both GABAergic (75%) and glycinergic (25%) events, but a few cells had only GABAergic sIPSCs. TTX decreased the frequency of EPSCs by 12%, and the IPSCs by 17%. In summary, at E10, some principal cells generated immature spikes on depolarization and EPSCs on vestibular-nerve stimulation. At E10, GABAergic events predominated, AMPA events had low frequencies, and glycinergic activity was absent. By E13, glycinergic events first appeared. This data were compared systematically to that obtained from the late-term embryo and hatchling to reveal the long-term sequence of changes in synaptic events and excitability and offer a broader understanding of how the vestibular system is assembled during development.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "GABAergic/glycinergic synaptic transmission"
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Zhu, Hongmei. "Prenatal dysfunctions of chloride-related inhibition in lumbar motoneurons of the SOD1G93A ALS." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Bordeaux, 2023. http://www.theses.fr/2023BORD0026.
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La sclérose latérale amyotrophique (SLA) est une maladie neurodégénérative fatale de l’adulte caractérisée par la dégénérescence des motoneurones (MNs) et ayant une étiologie multifactorielle. La plupart des études sur la SLA se sont focalisées aux stades symptomatiques selon l’hypothèse que la pathogénicité apparaît lorsque la maladie devient symptomatique. Cependant, un nombre grandissant d’évidences indique que la pathogénicité se développerait bien avant les symptômes. Mon travail de thèse de Doctorat a été basé sur l’hypothèse selon laquelle la SLA – familiale et sporadique – découlerait de déficits présents dès le développement précoce. La première partie de ma thèse a consisté à analyser les courants post-synaptiques GABA/glycine (IPSCs) au niveau des MNs embryonnaire (E) E17,5, localisés dans la colonne motrice ventro-laterale, chez la souris SOD1G93A (SOD) modèle de la SLA, en parallèle à l’analyse de l’homéostasie chlorure. Nos résultats ont montré que les IPSCs sont moins fréquents chez les animaux SOD en accord avec une réduction des terminaisons synaptiques VIAAT autour des MNs. Les MNs SODs avaient un ECI 10 mV plus positif que les MNs sauvages (WT) de la même portée. Ce déficit était lié à une réduction du co-transporteur chlorure KCC2. Les IPSCs évoqués et spontanés présentaient une relaxation plus longue chez les MNs SOD, en corrélation à une [Cl-]i plus élevée. La modélisation a montré que cet excès de relaxation permettait de compenser la moindre efficacité de l’inhibition GABA/glycine liée au ECI dépolarisé. De manière intéressante, les simulations ont révélé la nature excitatrice des potentiels dépolarisants post-synaptiques GABA/glycine (dGPSPs) survenant à basse fréquence (<50Hz) sur les MNs SOD mais pas sur les MNs WT. A plus haute fréquence, les dGPSPs basculaient vers une inhibition du MN liée à une sommation de composantes « shuntantes ». La seconde partie de ma thèse a donc focalisé sur les effets de dGPSPs évoqués électriquement at différentes fréquences (7,5 - 100 Hz) sur de vrais MNs E17,5 au niveau desquels un ECl dépolarisant (sous le seuil du PA) était imposé. Le but était d’examiner si l’effet excitateur pouvait être lié aux changements morphologiques des MNs E17,5 décrits précédemment. Les résultats ont montré que certains MNs étaient bien excités par les dGPSPs basse fréquence et inhibés à plus forte fréquence (MNs bi-effet) alors que d’autres MNs étaient inhibés quelles que soient les fréquences (MNs inhibés). L’effet double était plus souvent détecté au niveau des MNs SOD. Les MNs WT ont été classés en deux groupes en fonction de leur résistance d’entrée (Rin), les MNs bi-effet ayant une Rin élevée et les MNs inhibés une Rin basse. Les données morphométriques ont mis en avant un arbre dendritique réduit pour les MNs WT bi-effet (Rin élevée) et un arbre dendritique étendu pour les MNs inhibés (Rin basse). Ce n’était pas le cas des MNs SOD excités ou inhibés indépendamment de leur morphologie. En accord avec les simulations montrant qu’une baisse de la densité des courants inhibiteurs sur le soma du MN favorise l’excitation des dGPSPs, nous avons trouvé moins de terminaisons synaptiques VIAAT sur le soma et dendrites proximales des MNs SOD, et une fréquence réduite des dGPSPs spontanés. Dans leur ensemble, les données de ma thèse soulignent une altération précoce de l’homéostasie chlorure et de l’innervation GABA/glycine des MNs SOD1G93A. Avant la naissance, une population dominante de MNs avec Rin basse émerge chez les animaux WT. Ces MNs qui sont inhibés par les dGPSPs pourraient correspondre aux futures MNs vulnérables (rapides, FF). Ces MNs ne sont pas inhibés chez les animaux SOD. Le dysfonctionnement de l’inhibition pourrait être attribué à deux facteurs distincts : la morphologie et la densité des synapses inhibitrices péri-somatiques. Parmi ces facteurs, le deuxième joue un rôle majeur en contrôlant la capacité des neurones GABA/glycine à façonner la sortie motrice spinaleAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal and adult-onset neurodegenerative disease characterized by a progressive degeneration of motoneurons (MNs) with complex multifactorial aetiology. Most ALS studies have focused on symptomatic stages based on the hypothesis that ALS pathogenesis occurs when the disease becomes symptomatic. However, growing evidence indicates that ALS pathogenesis might start long before symptom onset. My PhD thesis work was based on the hypothesis that ALS - familial and sporadic - stems from deficits taking place during early development. With the aim of identifying early changes underpinning ALS neurodegeneration, the first part of my thesis analysed the GABAergic/glycinergic inhibitory postsynaptic currents (IPSCs) to embryonic (E) E17.5 MNs located in the ventro-lateral motor column from SOD1G93A (SOD) mice, in parallel with the analyse of chloride homeostasis. Our results showed that IPSCs are less frequent in SOD animals in accordance with a reduction of synaptic VIAAT-positive terminals in the close proximity of MN somata. SOD MNs exhibited an ECI 10 mV more depolarized than wild type (WT) MNs. This deficit in GABA/glycine inhibition was due to a reduction of the neuronal chloride transporter KCC2. SOD spontaneous IPSCs and evoked GABAAR-currents exhibited a slower decay correlated to elevated [Cl-]i. Using computer modelling approach, we revealed that the slower relaxation of synaptic inhibitory events acts as a compensatory mechanism to strengthen or increase the efficacy of GABA/glycine inhibition when ECI is more depolarized. Interestingly, simulations revealed an excitatory effect of low frequency (<50Hz) depolarizing GABA/glycine post-synaptic potentials (dGPSPs) in SOD-like MNs but not in WT-like littermates. At high frequency, dGPSPs switched to inhibitory effect resulting from the summation of the shunting components. The second part of my PhD thesis focussed on the effect of electrically evoked-dGPSPs, at different frequencies (7.5 to 100 Hz), on real lumbar E17.5 MNs in which a depolarized ECI (below spike threshold) was imposed. The aim was to examine whether the excitatory effect could be linked to morphological changes previously described in E17.5 SOD MNs. Results showed that some MNs were excited by low frequency dGPSPs and inhibited by high frequency dGPSPs (Dual MNs) and others were inhibited at all frequencies (Inhibited MNs). Dual effect was more often detected in SOD MNs. WT MNs were classified into two clusters according to their input resistance (Rin), Dual MNs being specific to high Rin and Inhibited MNs to low Rin. Morphometric data pointed out a reduced dendritic tree in high Rin WT Dual MNs and a large dendritic tree in low Rin Inhibited MNs. This was not the case in SOD MNs that were excited or inhibited whatever their morphology and Rin. In agreement with simulation showing that a less density of inhibitory current on MNs soma favours excitatory dGPSPs, we found less synaptic VIAAT terminals on the soma and proximal dendrites of SOD MNs, compared to littermate WT MNs, as well as a lower frequency of spontaneous dGPSPs. Altogether, my thesis data emphasize a prenatal defect in the CI- homeostasis and GABA/glycine innervation in the SOD1G93A ALS MNs. Before birth, a dominant population of MNs with low Rin emerges in WT animals. These MNs that are inhibited by dGPSPs could represent future ALS vulnerable fast MNs (putative FF). Interestingly, those MNs are not inhibited in SOD animals. The inhibitory dysfunction could be attributed to two distinct factors: morphology and perisomatic inhibitory synapse density. Of these two factors, the latter plays a major role by controlling capability of GABAergic/glycinergic neurons for shaping spinal motor output
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Mellor, Jack Robert. "Electrophysiological investigation of the mechanisms underlying GABAergic synaptic transmission." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.624122.
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Singer, Joshua H. "Postnatal development of glycinergic synaptic transmission and biophysical properties of glycine receptor-channels /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/10535.
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Fan, Kai Yoon. "GABAergic synaptic transmission, plasticity and integration in the subthalamic nucleus." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2012. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/3167/.
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Antonelli, Roberta. "The role of prolyl-isomerase PIN1 in GABAergic and glutamatergic synaptic transmission." Doctoral thesis, SISSA, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11767/4893.
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The correct functioning of the central nervous system relies on the rapid and efficient communication between neurons. This occurs at highly specialized functional points of contact called synapses. Synapses are extremely plastic in structure and function, strongly influenced by their own histories of impulse traffic and by signals from nearby cells. Synaptic contacts are fundamental to the development, homeostasis and remodeling of neural circuits. All these events are achieved through different mechanisms operating at both pre- and postsynaptic sites. At the level of the post synaptic density (PSD) compartment, scaffolding molecules and trans-membrane proteins are known to orchestrate proper synapses formation, maturation and rearrangement required to sustain plasticity processes.
Protein phosphorylation represents one of the most important mechanisms engaged in affecting the molecular composition of the post-synaptic device. Most studies have focused on the impact of phosphorylation on the gating properties, surface mobility and trafficking of neurotransmitter receptors while much less is known about the effect of post-translational modifications on scaffolding and cell adhesion molecules functionally linked to neurotransmitter receptors.
At GABAergic synapses specific phosphorylation events of the scaffolding molecule gephyrin were shown to alter its multimerization properties, thus producing parallel changes in the number of receptors trapped by the scaffold leading to alterations of synaptic strength. Most of these phosphorylation events occur at serine or threonine residues preceding a proline, underlying a potential role of proline-directed phosphorylation as modulator of synaptic strength. The key player of such signalling cascade is represented by a small enzyme called peptidyl-prolyl isomerase Pin1 (protein interacting with NIMA 1). Pin1, upon recruitment by its substrates in a phosphorylation-dependent manner, catalyzes the cis/tran isomerization of phospho‐Ser/Thr‐Pro motifs leading to changes in target protein conformation and biological activity. Pin1 is highly expressed in neurons suggesting that it can exert a crucial role in synaptic transmission and plasticity processes at both inhibitory and excitatory synapses.
In the first part of my PhD thesis I focused on the impact of Pin1-dependent signalling on GABAergic transmission. I found that the cell adhesion molecule of the neuroligin family enriched at GABAergic synapses, Neuroligin 2 (NL2), undergoes post-phosphorylation prolyl-isomerization modulation of its activity. Using biochemical approaches I found that the unique Pin1 consensus motif present within the cytoplasmic tail of NL2, Serine 714-proline, is indeed phosphorylated in vivo. Proline-directed phosphorylation at Serine 714 of NL2 strongly impacts on NL2 ability to complex with gephyrin. In particular, at this site, post-phosphorylation prolyl-isomerization negatively regulates the ability of NL2 to interact with gephyrin. In line with biochemical results, immunocytochemical analysis reveal that, in the absence of Pin1 expression, NL2/gephyrin complexes are enriched at GABAergic post-synaptic sites and this enrichment is accompanied by an enhanced synaptic recruitment of GABAA receptors (GABAAR). This effect was associated with a concomitant increase in the amplitude, but not in frequency, of spontaneous inhibitory post-synaptic currents (IPSCs). These findings unveil the existence of a new signalling pathway operating at inhibitory GABAergic synapses able to alter the efficacy of GABAergic transmission by modulating NL2/gephyrin interaction.
Given the high abundance of Pin1 at excitatory synaptic contacts, in the second part of my PhD thesis I focused on the impact of Pin1-dependent signalling on excitatory glutamatergic transmission. In particular, I started to investigate whether the scaffolding molecule PSD-95, a member of the Disc-Large (DGL)-Membrane-associated guanylate kinase, could be a target of Pin1-dependent signalling cascade. I observed that Pin1, known to reside in post-synaptic structures, is recruited by PSD-95 at specific Serine-Threonine/Proline consensus motifs localized in the linker region connecting PDZ2 to PDZ3 domains. These sites are represented by Treonine287-Proline, Serine290-Proline and Serine295-Proline, and deletion of all of them almost completely abolished Pin1 interaction with PSD-95. Pin1 exerts a negative control on PSD-95 ability to complex with N-Methyl-D-Aspartate receptors (NMDARs). Indeed an enhanced PSD-95/NMDAR complex formation was detected in brain extracts derived from Pin1-/- mice. In electrophysiological experiments, larger NMDA-mediated synaptic currents were detected in CA1 principal cells in hippocampal slices obtained from Pin1-/- mice as compared to controls, an effect that was associated with an enhancement in spine density and size.
These data indicate that Pin1 controls the synaptic content of NMDARs via PSD-95 prolyl-isomerization and the expression of dendritic spines, both required for the maintenance of long-term potentiation.
Overall, this study highlights the crucial role of Pin1-dependent signalling in the functional organization of both inhibitory and excitatory synapses.
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Yuan, Ning. "DISTINCT MODULATORY EFFECTS OF DOPAMINE ON EXCITATORY CHOLINERGIC AND INHIBITORY GABAERGIC SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION IN DROSOPHILA." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1149001533.
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Ayling, Martin D. T. "A computational analysis of the functional role of GABAergic synaptic transmission in striatal medium spiny neurons." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.491856.
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Medium Spiny projection neurons, the sole output neurons of the striatum, are connected by GABAergic synapses. Such connections are classically assumed to be inhibitory, thus it has been suggested that one of the main functions of the striatum is to detect and classify cortical representations of sensory events to trigger appropriate motor responses through a winner-take-all network dynamic.
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Diana, Marco Alberto. "Charakterisierung von einer retrograden Modulation inhibitorischer synaptischer Transmission im Kleinhirn der Ratte." Doctoral thesis, [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2003. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=971021988.
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Werner, Christian [Verfasser], Claudia [Gutachter] Sommer, Marie-Christine [Gutachter] Dabauvalle, and Erhard [Gutachter] Wischmeyer. "Effect of autoantibodies targeting amphiphysin or glutamate decarboxylase 65 on synaptic transmission of GABAergic neurons / Christian Werner. Gutachter: Claudia Sommer ; Marie-Christine Dabauvalle ; Erhard Wischmeyer." Würzburg : Universität Würzburg, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1108780873/34.
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Donato, Cristina. "Synaptic identity of neocortical circuits involving Martinotti cells in healthy conditions and in Down syndrome." Thesis, Sorbonne université, 2019. https://accesdistant.sorbonne-universite.fr/login?url=http://theses-intra.upmc.fr/modules/resources/download/theses/2019SORUS079.pdf.
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Les interneurones GABAergiques du néocortex, englobent un grand nombre de types cellulaires: certains innervent la région périsomatique des neurones pyramidaux (NP), d'autres ciblent leurs dendrites. Ici, nous avons étudié la sous-unité alpha5 du récepteur GABAA(GABAAR), qui contribuerait significativement à l’inhibition tonique. Nous avons constaté que, dans les NP de la couche 2/3 du cortex somatosensoriel chez la souris, alpha5 a une contribution négligeable à l'inhibition tonique. Inversement nous avons montré qu’alpha5 est spécifiquement exprimée aux synapses dendritiques entre les cellules de Martinotti (MC) et les NP, indiquant l’importance des alpha5-GABAARs dans l’inhibition dendritique synaptique. Nous avons aussi montré qu’alpha5 est exclusivement exprimé aux synapses MC-NP, en proposant les alpha5-GABAARs comme signature moléculaire spécifique de ces synapses dendritiques. En plus, des nombreuses maladies du cerveau sont le résultat du dysfonctionnement de circuits inhibiteurs distincts: par exemple, il a été montré que le traitement avec un agoniste inverse spécifique du récepteur alpha5-GABAA(alpha5IA) a permis la récupération des déficits cognitifs chez des modèles animaux de trisomie 21(DS) mais les mécanismes de cette récupération cognitive sont inconnus au niveau du circuit. Nos résultats préliminaires indiquent que les synapses GABAergiques dendritiques formées par les MCs sont spécifiquement modifiées chez les souris DS. Nous définirons si cette modification est spécifique à un circuit particulier. Nos expériences visent à comprendre les altérations spécifiques des circuits de la DS afin d’ouvrir de nouvelles pistes thérapeutiquesNeocortical GABAergic interneurons encompass a vast number of cell types: some innervate the perisomatic region of cortical pyramidal neurons (PNs), whereas others target PN dendrites. Here we studied the alpha5 subunit of the GABAAR, which is believed to contribute significantly to tonic inhibition. We found that, in L 2/3 PNs of mouse somatosensory cortex, alpha5 provides a negligible contribution to tonic inhibition. Conversely, we found that alpha5 is specifically expressed at synapses between the dendrite-targeting interneurons Martinotti cells (MCs) thus indicating that GABAergic transmission through 5-GABAAR subtypes is important for synaptic dendritic inhibition. We also show that the expression of alpha5 is always present only at synapses made by MCs onto PNs. These results suggest alpha5-GABAARs as a molecular signature of specific inhibitory dendritic synapses involving MCs. Importantly, many brain diseases originate from dysfunctions of distinct inhibitory circuits and, in particular, alpha5-KO mice show improved learning: it was shown that the treatment with a highly specific alpha5 inverse agonist rescued learning and memory deficits in Ts65Dn mice, an animal model for Down syndrome (DS). Yet, the actual mechanisms underlying this cognitive rescue at the synaptic and circuit levels are unknown. Our preliminary results indicate that GABAergic synapses from dendrite-targeting MCs are specifically altered in DS. We are defining whether this alteration is circuit-specific. Our results will provide a better understanding of specific circuit alterations in DS, and will likely open new therapeutic avenues to alleviate cognitive impairment of this disease
Books on the topic "GABAergic/glycinergic synaptic transmission"
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Giovanni, Biggio, Concas Alessandra, and Costa Erminio, eds. GABAergic synaptic transmission: Molecular, pharmacological, and clinical aspects. New York: Raven Press, 1992.
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L, Alkon Daniel, and National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, eds. Long-term transformation of an inhibitory into an excitatory GABAergic synaptic response. [Bethesda, Md.?: National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, 1993.
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Biggio, Giovanni, and Alessandra Concas. Gabaergic Synaptic Transmission: Molecular, Pharmacological, and Clinical Aspects (Advances in Biochemical Psychopharmacology). Raven Pr, 1992.
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Giovanni, Giuseppe Di, Adam C. Errington, and Vincenzo Crunelli. Extrasynaptic GABAA Receptors. Springer, 2014.
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Giovanni, Giuseppe Di, Adam C. Errington, and Vincenzo Crunelli. Extrasynaptic GABAA Receptors. Springer, 2016.
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Giovanni, Giuseppe Di, Adam C. Errington, and Vincenzo Crunelli. Extrasynaptic GABAA Receptors. Springer, 2014.
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Dieudonné, Stéphane, and Marco Alberto Diana. "Postsynaptic Determinants of Inhibitory Transmission at Mixed GABAergic/Glycinergic Synapses." In Co-Existence and Co-Release of Classical Neurotransmitters, 1–27. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09622-3_7.
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Gaiarsa, Jean-Luc, and Yezekiel Ben-Ari. "Ontogenesis of Gabaergic and Glutamatergic Synaptic Transmission." In Advances in Behavioral Biology, 45–54. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47612-6_5.
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Woodin, Melanie A., and Mu-ming Poo. "Activity-Dependent Modification of Cation-Chloride Cotransporters Underlying Plasticity of Gabaergic Synaptic Transmission." In Excitatory-Inhibitory Balance, 89–97. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0039-1_6.
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Yazawa, Tohru, and Kiyoaki Kuwasawa. "Cholinergic, Catecholaminergic and Gabaergic Mechanisms of Synaptic Transmission in the Heart of the Hermit Crab." In Frontiers in Crustacean Neurobiology, 401–6. Basel: Birkhäuser Basel, 1990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-5689-8_49.
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Mori, Akihisa, Tomomi Shindou, Michio Ichimura, Hiromi Nonaka, and Hiroshi Kase. "The Role of Adenosine A2a Receptors in Regulating Gabaergic Synaptic Transmission in Striatal Medium Spiny Neurons." In Advances in Behavioral Biology, 119–22. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1996. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0194-1_13.
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Draguhn, Andreas, and Kristin Hartmann. "GABAergic Synaptic Transmission." In Advances in Molecular and Cell Biology, 215–40. Elsevier, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1569-2558(06)38009-5.
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Feltz, Anne. "Fast Synaptic Transmission: Nicotinic and GABAergic Transmissions." In Physiology of Neurons, 133–68. Garland Science, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780429292972-6.
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Benarroch, Eduardo E. "Inhibitory Amino Acid Neurotransmission and Synaptopathies." In Neuroscience for Clinicians, edited by Eduardo E. Benarroch, 317–36. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190948894.003.0018.
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Inhibitory neurotransmission is critical to determine neuronal excitability, limits the magnitude and duration of firing of other CNS neurons, and shapes the activity of neuronal networks. The main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the CNS is γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), which is expressed in local inhibitory neurons and in some projection neurons such as Purkinje cells and neurons in the striatum and globus pallidus. Glycine, together with GABA, is critical in inhibitory circuits of the brainstem and spinal cord. Given its importance the importance of GABAergic and glycinergic inhibition in controlling excitability in neurons and neuronal networks, impaired inhibitory transmission manifests with seizures, myoclonus, spasticity, ataxia, and pain. Several drugs used for treatment of these disorders act by increasing GABAergic inhibition.
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Kano, Masanobu. "Long-lasting potentiation of GABAergic inhibitory synaptic transmission in cerebellar Purkinje cells: Its properties and possible mechanisms." In Motor Learning and Synaptic Plasticity in the Cerebellum, 16–23. Cambridge University Press, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511666896.004.
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Pavel, Osten, Wisden William, and Sprengel Rolf. "Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Function in the Hippocampus: Neurotransmitter Exocytosis and Glutamatergic, GABAergic, and Cholinergic Transmission." In The Hippocampus Book, 243–96. Oxford University Press, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195100273.003.0007.
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Li, Guoshi, Stacy Cheng, Frank Ko, Scott L. Raunch, Gregory Quirk, and Satish S. Nair. "Computational Modeling of Lateral Amygdala Neurons During Acquisition and Extinction of Conditioned Fear, Using Hebbian Learning." In ASME 2006 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2006-15078.
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The amygdaloid complex located within the medial temporal lobe plays an important role in the acquisition and expression of learned fear associations (Quirk et al. 2003) and contains three main components: the lateral nucleus (LA), the basal nucleus (BLA), and the central nucleus (CE) (Faber and Sah, 2002). The lateral nucleus of the amygdala (LA) is widely accepted to be a key site of plastic synaptic events that contributes to fear learning (Pare, Quirk, LeDoux, 2004). There are two main types of neurons within the LA and the BLA: principal pyramidal-like cells which form projection neurons and are glutamatergic and local circuit GABAergic interneurons (Faber and Sah, 2002). In auditory fear conditioning, convergence of tone [conditioned stimulus (CS)] and foot-shock [unconditioned stimulus (US)] inputs potentiates the synaptic transmission containing CS information from the thalamus and cortex to LA, which leads to larger responses in LA in the presentation of subsequent tones only. The increasing LA responses disinhibit the CE neurons via the intercalated (ITC) cells, eliciting fear responses via excessive projections to brain stem and hypothalamic sites (Pare, Quirk, LeDoux, 2004). As a result, rats learn to freeze to a tone that predicts a foot-shock. Once acquired, conditioned fear associations are not always expressed and repeated presentation of the tone CS in the absence of US causes conditioned fear responses to rapidly diminish, a phenomenon termed fear extinction (Quirk et al. 2003). Extinction does not erase the CS-US association, instead it forms a new memory that inhibits conditioned response (Quirk et al. 2003)