Faculty Opinions recommendation of Distinct transmitter release properties determine differences in short-term plasticity at functional and silent synapses.

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Zucker
Keyword(s):  
Transmitter Release ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Short Term Plasticity ◽  
Silent Synapses

Distinct Transmitter Release Properties Determine Differences in Short-Term Plasticity at Functional and Silent Synapses

2006 ◽  
Vol 95 (5) ◽  
pp. 3024-3034 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Cabezas ◽  
Washington Buño
Keyword(s):  
Transmitter Release ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Long Term Potentiation ◽  
Lower Percentage ◽  
Functional Importance ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Short Term Plasticity ◽  
Silent Synapses ◽  
Term Potentiation

Recent evidence suggests that functional and silent synapses are not only postsynaptically different but also presynaptically distinct. The presynaptic differences may be of functional importance in memory formation because a proposed mechanism for long-term potentiation is the conversion of silent synapses into functional ones. However, there is little direct experimentally evidence of these differences. We have investigated the transmitter release properties of functional and silent Schaffer collateral synapses and show that on the average functional synapses displayed a lower percentage of failures and higher excitatory postsynaptic current (EPSC) amplitudes than silent synapses at +60 mV. Moreover, functional but not silent synapses show paired-pulse facilitation (PPF) at +60 mV and thus presynaptic short-term plasticity will be distinct in the two types of synapse. We examined whether intraterminal endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ stores influenced the release properties of these synapses. Ryanodine (100 μM) and thapsigargin (1 μM) increased the percentage of failures and decreased both the EPSC amplitude and PPF in functional synapses. Caffeine (10 mM) had the opposite effects. In contrast, silent synapses were insensitive to both ryanodine and caffeine. Hence we have identified differences in the release properties of functional and silent synapses, suggesting that synaptic terminals of functional synapses express regulatory molecular mechanisms that are absent in silent synapses.

scholarly journals Ca2+/Calmodulin and Presynaptic Short-Term Plasticity

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumiko Mochida
Keyword(s):  
Transmitter Release ◽  
Presynaptic Terminal ◽  
Neuronal Firing ◽  
Firing Activity ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Short Term Plasticity ◽  
Readily Releasable Pool ◽  
Ef Hand ◽  
Sensor Protein ◽  
Activity Dependent

Synaptic efficacy is remodeled by neuronal firing activity at the presynaptic terminal. Presynaptic activity-dependent changes in transmitter release induce postsynaptic plasticity, including morphological change in spine, gene transcription, and protein synthesis and trafficking. The presynaptic transmitter release is triggered and regulated by Ca2+, which enters through voltage-gated Ca2+ (CaV) channels and diffuses into the presynaptic terminal accompanying action potential firings. Residual Ca2+ is sensed by Ca2+-binding proteins, among other potential actions, it mediates time- and space-dependent synaptic facilitation and depression via effects on CaV2 channel gating and vesicle replenishment in the readily releasable pool (RRP). Calmodulin, a Ca2+-sensor protein with an EF-hand motif that binds Ca2+, interacts with CaV2 channels and autoreceptors in modulation of SNARE-mediated exocytosis.

P/Q-type calcium channel ablation in a mice glycinergic synapse mediated by multiple types of Ca2+ channels alters transmitter release and short term plasticity

Neuroscience ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 192 ◽  
pp. 219-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Giugovaz-Tropper ◽  
C. González-Inchauspe ◽  
M.N. Di Guilmi ◽  
F.J. Urbano ◽  
I.D. Forsythe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Calcium Channel ◽  
Transmitter Release ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Short Term Plasticity ◽  
Ca2 Channels

scholarly journals Subcortical short‐term plasticity elicited by deep brain stimulation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Z. Awad ◽  
Ryan J. Vaden ◽  
Zachary T. Irwin ◽  
Christopher L. Gonzalez ◽  
Sarah Black ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Deep Brain Stimulation ◽  
Brain Stimulation ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Short Term Plasticity ◽  
Deep Brain
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