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The Journal of Neuroscience, March 1, 1999, 19(5):1599-1609
Modulation of Long-Term Synaptic Depression in Visual Cortex by
Acetylcholine and Norepinephrine
Alfredo
Kirkwood1,
Carlos
Rozas1,
John
Kirkwood2,
Fernanda
Perez2, and
Mark F.
Bear2
1 Mind Brain Institute, Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, and
2 Department of Neuroscience, Howard Hughes Medical
Institute, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912
In a slice preparation of rat visual cortex, we discovered that
paired-pulse stimulation (PPS) elicits a form of homosynaptic long-term
depression (LTD) in the superficial layers when carbachol (CCh)
or norepinephrine (NE) is applied concurrently. PPS by itself, or CCh
and NE in the absence of synaptic stimulation, produced no lasting
change. The LTD induced by PPS in the presence of NE or CCh is of
comparable magnitude with that obtained with prolonged low-frequency
stimulation (LFS) but requires far fewer stimulation pulses (40 vs
900). The cholinergic facilitation of LTD was blocked by atropine and
pirenzepine, suggesting involvement of M1 receptors. The noradrenergic facilitation of LTD was blocked by urapidil and was
mimicked by methoxamine, suggesting involvement of 1 receptors. receptor agonists and antagonists were without effect. Induction of LTD by PPS was inhibited by NMDA receptor blockers (completely in the case of NE; partially in the case of CCh), suggesting that one action of the modulators is to control the gain of
NMDA receptor-dependent homosynaptic LTD in visual cortex. We propose
that this is a mechanism by which cholinergic and noradrenergic inputs
to the neocortex modulate naturally occurring receptive field plasticity.
Key words:
visual cortex; development; synaptic plasticity; long-term potentiation; long-term depression; acetylcholine; norepinephrine
Copyright © 1999 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/99/1951599-11$05.00/0
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