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J Neurophysiol 87: 157-165, 2002;
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The Journal of Neurophysiology Vol. 87 No. 1 January 2002, pp. 157-165
Copyright ©2002 by the American Physiological Society

Corticostriatal Paired-Pulse Potentiation Produced by Voltage-Dependent Activation of NMDA Receptors and L-Type Ca2+ Channels

Garnik Akopian and John P. Walsh

Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center, USC Program in Neuroscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-0191

Akopian, Garnik and John P. Walsh. Corticostriatal Paired-Pulse Potentiation Produced by Voltage-Dependent Activation of NMDA Receptors and L-Type Ca2+ Channels. J. Neurophysiol. 87: 157-165, 2002. AMPA and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-mediated synaptic responses expressed differential paired-pulse plasticity when examined in the same cell using intracellular or whole cell voltage-clamp recordings. Electrical stimulation of corticostriatal afferents in brain slices bathed in artificial cerebrospinal fluid containing bicuculline produces excitatory postsynaptic potentials and excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) mediated primarily by AMPA receptors. Cell-to-cell variation existed in AMPA receptor paired-pulse plasticity, but within-cell plasticity was stable over a range of stimulation intensities. Addition of 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxalene-2,3-dione blocked most of the synaptic response leaving behind a small AP-5-sensitive component. Increasing the stimulation intensity produced large, long-lasting NMDA receptor-mediated responses. In contrast to AMPA receptor-mediated responses, NMDA receptor responses consistently showed an increase in paired-pulse potentiation with increasing stimulation intensity. This relationship was restricted to interstimulus intervals shorter than 100 ms. Paired-pulse potentiation of NMDA receptor responses was voltage-dependent and reduced by removal of extracellular Mg2+. Block of postsynaptic L-type Ca2+ channels with nifedipine produced a voltage-dependent reduction of NMDA receptor excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) and a voltage-dependent reduction of NMDA receptor paired-pulse potentiation. These data indicate depolarization during the first NMDA receptor response causes facilitation of the second by removing voltage-dependent block of NMDA receptors by Mg2+ and by activating voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels.




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