In vitro plasticity of the direct feedback pathway in the electrosensory system of Apteronotus leptorhynchus.
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We have used field and intracellular recording from pyramidal cells in an in vitro preparation of the electrosensory lateral line lobe (ELL) of Apteronotus leptorhynchus to investigate synaptic plasticity of a direct feedback pathway: the (StF). Tetanic stimulation of the StF enhanced the StF-evoked synaptic response by 145% in field and the excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP) 190% in intracellular recordings. Maximal enhancement occurred at 5 s and lasted for approximately 120 s. Tetanic frequencies of 100-300 Hz produced enhancement; lower or higher frequencies failed to produce statistically significant changes in EPSP amplitude. Rates of 100-200 Hz occur in vivo in the cells of origin of the StF, suggesting that this form of plasticity may be operative under natural conditions. We could not elicit either long-term potentiation or depression by any stimulation protocol of the StF; in the case of long-term potentiation, this held even when excitatory transmission was enhanced by application of bicuculline, a gamma-aminobutyric acid-A antagonist. When tetanic stimulation of the StF was paired with hyperpolarization of pyramidal cells, subsequent StF-evoked EPSPs were increased by 146% (5 min posttetanus); this anti-Hebbian synaptic enhancement lasted for approximately 10 min. Neither tetanic stimulation alone, hyperpolarization alone, nor tetanic stimulation paired with pyramidal cell depolarization altered StF-evoked EPSP amplitudes on this time scale. Anti-Hebbian synaptic enhancement was not blocked by the N-methyl--aspartate-receptor antagonist D. L-aminophosphovalerate. The in vitro demonstration of anti-Hebbian plasticity at StF synapses replicates similar in vivo results. Anti-Hebbian synaptic plasticity of the StF may be responsible in part for the ability of gymnotiform fish to reject redundant electrosensory signals.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of neurophysiology
دوره 78 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1997