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The Journal of Neuroscience, September 15, 1998, 18(18):7189-7199
Imaging Spreading Depression and Associated Intracellular Calcium
Waves in Brain Slices
Trent A.
Basarsky1,
Steven N.
Duffy1,
R. David
Andrew2, and
Brian A.
MacVicar1
1 Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University
of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta Canada T2N 4N1, and
2 Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Queens
University, Kingston, Ontario Canada K7L 3N6
Spreading depression (SD) was analyzed in hippocampal and
neocortical brain slices by imaging intrinsic optical signals in combination with either simultaneous electrophysiological recordings or
imaging of intracellular calcium dynamics. The goal was to determine
the roles of intracellular calcium
(Ca2+int) waves in the generation
and propagation of SD. Imaging of intrinsic optical signals in the
hippocampus showed that ouabain consistently induced SD, which
characteristically started in the CA1 region, propagated at 15-35
µm/sec, and traversed across the hippocampal fissure to the dentate
gyrus. In the dendritic regions of both CA1 and the dentate gyrus, SD
caused a transient increase in light transmittance, characterized by
both a rapid onset and a rapid recovery. In contrast, in the cell body
regions the transmittance increase was prolonged. Simultaneous imaging
of intracellular calcium and intrinsic optical signals revealed that a
slow Ca2+int increase preceded any
change in transmittance. Additionally, a wave of increased
Ca2+int typically propagated many
seconds ahead of the change in transmittance. These calcium increases
were also observed in individual astrocytes injected with calcium
orange, indicating that Ca2+int waves
were normally associated with SD. However, when hippocampal slices were
incubated in calcium-free/EGTA external solutions, SD was still
observed, although Ca2+int waves were
completely abolished. Under these conditions SD had a comparable peak
increase in transmittance but a slower onset and a faster recovery.
These results demonstrate that although there are calcium dynamics
associated with SD, these increases are not necessary for the
initiation or propagation of spreading depression.
Key words:
calcium waves; astrocytes; spreading depression; intrinsic optical signals; ouabain; hippocampus; migraine
Copyright © 1998 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/98/18187189-11$05.00/0
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