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The Journal of Neuroscience, December 15, 1998, 18(24):10464-10472
Synaptic Modifications in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons:
Dependence on Spike Timing, Synaptic Strength, and Postsynaptic Cell
Type
Guo-qiang
Bi and
Mu-ming
Poo
Department of Biology, University of California at San Diego, La
Jolla, California 92093
In cultures of dissociated rat hippocampal neurons, persistent
potentiation and depression of glutamatergic synapses were induced by
correlated spiking of presynaptic and postsynaptic neurons. The
relative timing between the presynaptic and postsynaptic spiking
determined the direction and the extent of synaptic changes. Repetitive
postsynaptic spiking within a time window of 20 msec after presynaptic
activation resulted in long-term potentiation (LTP), whereas
postsynaptic spiking within a window of 20 msec before the repetitive
presynaptic activation led to long-term depression (LTD). Significant
LTP occurred only at synapses with relatively low initial strength,
whereas the extent of LTD did not show obvious dependence on the
initial synaptic strength. Both LTP and LTD depended on the activation
of NMDA receptors and were absent in cases in which the postsynaptic
neurons were GABAergic in nature. Blockade of L-type calcium channels
with nimodipine abolished the induction of LTD and reduced the extent of LTP. These results underscore the importance of precise spike timing, synaptic strength, and postsynaptic cell type in the
activity-induced modification of central synapses and suggest that
Hebb's rule may need to incorporate a quantitative consideration of
spike timing that reflects the narrow and asymmetric window for the induction of synaptic modification.
Key words:
synaptic modification; plasticity; hippocampal neurons; LTP; LTD; correlated-activity; spike timing; spiking; Hebb's rule; Hebbian; target specificity; cell culture
Copyright © 1998 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/98/182410464-09$05.00/0
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