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The Journal of Neuroscience, July 15, 2000, 20(14):5208-5216
Long-Term Potentiation of Intrinsic Excitability at the Mossy
Fiber-Granule Cell Synapse of Rat Cerebellum
S.
Armano1,
P.
Rossi1,
V.
Taglietti1, and
E.
D'Angelo1, 2
1 Department of Cellular/Molecular Physiology and
Pharmacology, and INFM (Pavia Unit), I-27100 Pavia, Italy, and
2 Department of Functional and Evolutive Biology, Parco
Area delle Scienze 11A, I-43100 Parma, Italy
Synaptic activity can induce persistent modifications in the way a
neuron reacts to subsequent inputs by changing either synaptic efficacy
or intrinsic excitability. After high-frequency synaptic stimulation,
long-term potentiation (LTP) of synaptic efficacy is commonly observed
at hippocampal synapses (Bliss and Collingridge, 1993), and
potentiation of intrinsic excitability has recently been reported in
cerebellar deep nuclear neurons (Aizenmann and Linden, 2000).
However, the potential coexistence of these two aspects of plasticity
remained unclear. In this paper we have investigated the effect of
high-frequency stimulation on synaptic transmission and intrinsic
excitability at the mossy fiber-granule cell relay of the cerebellum.
High-frequency stimulation, in addition to increasing synaptic
conductance (D'Angelo et al., 1999), increased granule cell input
resistance and decreased spike threshold. These changes depended on
postsynaptic depolarization and NMDA receptor activation and were
prevented by inhibitory synaptic activity. Potentiation of intrinsic
excitability was induced by relatively weaker inputs than potentiation
of synaptic efficacy, whereas with stronger inputs the two aspect of
potentiation combined to enhance EPSPs and spike generation.
Potentiation of intrinsic excitability may extend the computational
capability of the cerebellar mossy fiber-granule cell relay.
Key words:
synaptic plasticity; LTP; NMDA receptors; cerebellum; granule cells; intrinsic excitability; E-S potentiation
Copyright © 2000 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/00/20145208-09$05.00/0
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