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The Journal of Neuroscience, August 15, 1999, 19(16):6748-6754
Distinct Functional Types of Associative Long-Term Potentiation
in Neocortical and Hippocampal Pyramidal Neurons
Dean V.
Buonomano
Departments of Neurobiology and Psychology, and Brain Research
Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles , California 90095
The response of a neuron to a time-varying stimulus is influenced
by both short- and long-term synaptic plasticity. Both these forms of
plasticity produce changes in synaptic efficacy of similar magnitude on
very different time scales. A full understanding of the functional role
of each form of plasticity relies on understanding how they interact.
Here we examine how long-term potentiation (LTP) and short-term
plasticity (STP) interact in two different cell types that exhibit
NMDA-dependent LTP: neocortical L-II/III and hippocampal CA1 pyramidal
cells. STP was examined using both paired pulses and trains of pulses
before and after the induction of LTP. In both cell types, the same
pairing protocol was used to induce LTP in the presence of an unpaired
control pathway. Pairing produced a robust increase in the amplitude of
the first EPSP both in the neocortex and hippocampus. However, although in CA1 neurons the same degree of potentiation was maintained throughout the duration of a brief stimulus train, in L-II/III neurons
relatively less potentiation was seen in the later EPSPs of the train.
Paired-pulse analyses revealed that a uniform potentiation is observed
at intervals >100 msec, but at shorter intervals there is a
preferential enhancement of the first pulse. Thus, in the cortex LTP
may preferentially amplify stimulus onset. These results suggest that
there are distinct forms of associative LTP and that the different
forms may reflect the underlying computations taking place in different areas.
Key words:
long-term potentiation; short-term potentiation; associative; hippocampus; neocortex; pyramidal
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