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J Neurophysiol 86: 1412-1421, 2001;
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The Journal of Neurophysiology Vol. 86 No. 3 September 2001, pp. 1412-1421
Copyright ©2001 by the American Physiological Society

Glutamate Receptors Form Hot Spots on Apical Dendrites of Neocortical Pyramidal Neurons

A. Frick, W. Zieglgänsberger, and H.-U. Dodt

Clinical Neuropharmacology, Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry, 80804 Munich, Germany

Frick, A., W. Zieglgänsberger, and H.-U. Dodt. Glutamate Receptors Form Hot Spots on Apical Dendrites of Neocortical Pyramidal Neurons. J. Neurophysiol. 86: 1412-1421, 2001. Apical dendrites of layer V cortical pyramidal neurons are a major target for glutamatergic synaptic inputs from cortical and subcortical brain regions. Because innervation from these regions is somewhat laminar along the dendrites, knowing the distribution of glutamate receptors on the apical dendrites is of prime importance for understanding the function of neural circuits in the neocortex. To examine this issue, we used infrared-guided laser stimulation combined with whole cell recordings to quantify the spatial distribution of glutamate receptors along the apical dendrites of layer V pyramidal neurons. Focally applied (<10 µm) flash photolysis of caged glutamate on the soma and along the apical dendrite revealed a highly nonuniform distribution of glutamate responsivity. Up to four membrane areas (extent 22 µm) of enhanced glutamate responsivity (hot spots) were detected on the dendrites with the amplitude and integral of glutamate-evoked responses at hot spots being three times larger than responses evoked at neighboring sites. We found no association of these physiological hot spots with dendritic branch points. It appeared that the larger responses evoked at hot spots resulted from an increase in activation of both alpha -amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors and not a recruitment of voltage-activated sodium or calcium conductances. Stimulation of hot spots did, however, facilitate the triggering of both Na+ spikes and Ca2+ spikes, suggesting that hot spots may serve as dendritic initiation zones for regenerative spikes.




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