REGULATION OF HIPPOCAMPAL TRANSMITTER RELEASE DURING DEVELOPMENT AND LONG-TERM POTENTIATION

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BOLSHAKOV, VY [1 ]
SIEGELBAUM, SA [1 ]
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[1] COLUMBIA UNIV COLL PHYS & SURG, HOWARD HUGHES MED INST, NEW YORK, NY 10032 USA
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10.1126/science.7569903
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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Developmental changes in rat hippocampal transmitter release and synaptic plasticity were investigated. Recordings from pairs of pyramidal neurons in slices showed that an action potential in a CA3 neuron released only a single quantum of transmitter onto a CAI neuron. Failures of synaptic transmission reflected probabilistic transmitter release. The probability of release (P-r) was 0.9 in 4- to 8-day-old rats and decreased to less than 0.5 at 2 to 3 weeks. Long-term potentiation (LTP) in 2- to 3-week-old rats was associated with an increase in P-r from a single synaptic site. The high initial P-r in 4- to 8-day-old rats normally occludes the expression of LTP at this stage.
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