 |
Previous Article | Next Article 
The Journal of Neuroscience, September 15, 2002, 22(18):8084-8090
Dark Rearing Alters the Development of GABAergic Transmission in
Visual Cortex
Bernardo
Morales,
Se-Young
Choi, and
Alfredo
Kirkwood
Mind Brain Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
21218
We studied the role of sensory experience in the maturation of
GABAergic circuits in the rat visual cortex. Between the time at which
the eyes first open and the end of the critical period for
experience-dependent plasticity, the total GABAergic input converging
into layer II/III pyramidal cells increases threefold. We propose that
this increase reflects changes in the number of quanta released by
presynaptic axons. Here, we show that the developmental increase in
GABAergic input is prevented in animals deprived of light since birth
but not in animals deprived of light after a period of normal
experience. Thus, sensory experience appears to play a permissive role
in the maturation of intracortical GABAergic circuits.
Key words:
synaptic inhibition; critical period; IPSC; EPSC; plasticity; sensory experience
Copyright © 2002 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/02/22188084-07$05.00/0
This article has been cited by other articles:

|
 |

|
 |
 
Q.-Q. Sun
Experience-Dependent Intrinsic Plasticity in Interneurons of Barrel Cortex Layer IV
J Neurophysiol,
November 1, 2009;
102(5):
2955 - 2973.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
S. Di Marco, V. A. Nguyen, S. Bisti, and D. A. Protti
Permanent Functional Reorganization of Retinal Circuits Induced by Early Long-Term Visual Deprivation
J. Neurosci.,
October 28, 2009;
29(43):
13691 - 13701.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
J. Li, S. M. Walker, M. Fitzgerald, and M. L. Baccei
Activity-Dependent Modulation of Glutamatergic Signaling in the Developing Rat Dorsal Horn by Early Tissue Injury
J Neurophysiol,
October 1, 2009;
102(4):
2208 - 2219.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
J. Xu, L. Yu, R. Cai, J. Zhang, and X. Sun
Early Continuous White Noise Exposure Alters Auditory Spatial Sensitivity and Expression of GAD65 and GABAA Receptor Subunits in Rat Auditory Cortex
Cereb Cortex,
July 20, 2009;
(2009)
bhp143v1.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
I. Brosh and E. Barkai
Learning-induced enhancement of feedback inhibitory synaptic transmission
Learn. Mem.,
June 19, 2009;
16(7):
413 - 416.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
P. O. Kanold, Y. A. Kim, T. GrandPre, and C. J. Shatz
Co-regulation of ocular dominance plasticity and NMDA receptor subunit expression in glutamic acid decarboxylase-65 knock-out mice
J. Physiol.,
June 15, 2009;
587(12):
2857 - 2867.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
T. Toyoizumi and K. D. Miller
Equalization of Ocular Dominance Columns Induced by an Activity-Dependent Learning Rule and the Maturation of Inhibition
J. Neurosci.,
May 20, 2009;
29(20):
6514 - 6525.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
Z. J. Huang
Activity-dependent development of inhibitory synapses and innervation pattern: role of GABA signalling and beyond
J. Physiol.,
May 1, 2009;
587(9):
1881 - 1888.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
H.-J. Jang, K.-H. Cho, H.-S. Kim, S. J. Hahn, M.-S. Kim, and D.-J. Rhie
Age-Dependent Decline in Supragranular Long-Term Synaptic Plasticity by Increased Inhibition During the Critical Period in the Rat Primary Visual Cortex
J Neurophysiol,
January 1, 2009;
101(1):
269 - 275.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
I. Abidin, U. T. Eysel, V. Lessmann, and T. Mittmann
Impaired GABAergic inhibition in the visual cortex of brain-derived neurotrophic factor heterozygous knockout mice
J. Physiol.,
April 1, 2008;
586(7):
1885 - 1901.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
M. Caleo, L. Restani, L. Gianfranceschi, L. Costantin, C. Rossi, O. Rossetto, C. Montecucco, and L. Maffei
Transient Synaptic Silencing of Developing Striate Cortex Has Persistent Effects on Visual Function and Plasticity
J. Neurosci.,
April 25, 2007;
27(17):
4530 - 4540.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
E. de Villers-Sidani, E. F. Chang, S. Bao, and M. M. Merzenich
Critical Period Window for Spectral Tuning Defined in the Primary Auditory Cortex (A1) in the Rat
J. Neurosci.,
January 3, 2007;
27(1):
180 - 189.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
Y. Jiao, C. Zhang, Y. Yanagawa, and Q.-Q. Sun
Major Effects of Sensory Experiences on the Neocortical Inhibitory Circuits.
J. Neurosci.,
August 23, 2006;
26(34):
8691 - 8701.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
H.-Y. He, W. Hodos, and E. M. Quinlan
Visual deprivation reactivates rapid ocular dominance plasticity in adult visual cortex.
J. Neurosci.,
March 15, 2006;
26(11):
2951 - 2955.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
A. W. McGee, Y. Yang, Q. S. Fischer, N. W. Daw, and S. M. Strittmatter
Experience-Driven Plasticity of Visual Cortex Limited by Myelin and Nogo Receptor
Science,
September 30, 2005;
309(5744):
2222 - 2226.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
M. M. Carrasco, K. A. Razak, and S. L. Pallas
Visual Experience Is Necessary for Maintenance But Not Development of Receptive Fields in Superior Colliculus
J Neurophysiol,
September 1, 2005;
94(3):
1962 - 1970.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
B. Chattopadhyaya, G. Di Cristo, H. Higashiyama, G. W. Knott, S. J. Kuhlman, E. Welker, and Z. J. Huang
Experience and Activity-Dependent Maturation of Perisomatic GABAergic Innervation in Primary Visual Cortex during a Postnatal Critical Period
J. Neurosci.,
October 27, 2004;
24(43):
9598 - 9611.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
M. Huemmeke, U. T. Eysel, and T. Mittmann
Lesion-induced enhancement of LTP in rat visual cortex is mediated by NMDA receptors containing the NR2B subunit
J. Physiol.,
September 15, 2004;
559(3):
875 - 882.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
L. Gianfranceschi, R. Siciliano, J. Walls, B. Morales, A. Kirkwood, Z. J. Huang, S. Tonegawa, and L. Maffei
Visual cortex is rescued from the effects of dark rearing by overexpression of BDNF
PNAS,
October 14, 2003;
100(21):
12486 - 12491.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
Y. Iwai, M. Fagiolini, K. Obata, and T. K. Hensch
Rapid Critical Period Induction by Tonic Inhibition in Visual Cortex
J. Neurosci.,
July 30, 2003;
23(17):
6695 - 6702.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
T. Cotrufo, A. Viegi, N. Berardi, Y. Bozzi, L. Mascia, and L. Maffei
Effects of Neurotrophins on Synaptic Protein Expression in the Visual Cortex of Dark-Reared Rats
J. Neurosci.,
May 1, 2003;
23(9):
3566 - 3571.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
M. Fagiolini, H. Katagiri, H. Miyamoto, H. Mori, S. G. N. Grant, M. Mishina, and T. K. Hensch
Separable features of visual cortical plasticity revealed by N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor 2A signaling
PNAS,
March 4, 2003;
100(5):
2854 - 2859.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|
|

|