Abstract
AbstractLong‐term synaptic plasticity is thought to underlie synaptic reorganization phenomena that occur during neocortical development. Recently, it has been proposed, that the functional induction of AMPA receptors at silent glutamatergic synapses is of major importance in activity‐dependent, developmental plasticity. To investigate the mechanisms involved in the developmental regulation of silent synapses, we analysed the functional maturation of the thalamocortical projection in culture. A large proportion of the thalamocortical synapses were functionally silent at an early stage in vitro. During further differentiation, the incidence of silent synapses decreased drastically, indicating a conversion of silent into functional synapses. Chronic blockade of spontaneous network activity by addition of tetrodotoxin to the culture medium strongly impaired this developmental maturation. Moreover, the developmental decline in the proportion of silent synapses was dramatically accelerated by chronic addition of the neurotrophic factor, insulin. This effect of insulin was partly dependent on spontaneous activity. Thus, insulin appears to be involved in the modulation of long‐term developmental plasticity at immature glutamatergic synapses.
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Created | 22 years, 5 months ago (March 6, 2003, 9:42 a.m.) |
Deposited | 1 year, 11 months ago (Oct. 3, 2023, 7:55 a.m.) |
Indexed | 1 year, 5 months ago (April 1, 2024, 2:28 a.m.) |
Issued | 23 years, 11 months ago (Oct. 1, 2001) |
Published | 23 years, 11 months ago (Oct. 1, 2001) |
Published Online | 23 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 20, 2001) |
Published Print | 23 years, 11 months ago (Oct. 1, 2001) |
@article{Plitzko_2001, title={Insulin promotes functional induction of silent synapses in differentiating rat neocortical neurons}, volume={14}, ISSN={1460-9568}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.0953-816x.2001.01740.x}, DOI={10.1046/j.0953-816x.2001.01740.x}, number={8}, journal={European Journal of Neuroscience}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Plitzko, Daniela and Rumpel, Simon and Gottmann, Kurt}, year={2001}, month=oct, pages={1412–1415} }