Abstract
Increased levels of intracellular calcium at either pre- or postsynaptic sites are thought to precede changes in synaptic strength. Thus, to induce long-term potentiation in the hippocampus, periods of intense synaptic stimulation would have to transiently raise the levels of cytosolic calcium at postsynaptic sites—dendritic spines in the majority of cases. Since direct experimental verification of this hypothesis is not possible at present, calcium levels have been studied by numerically solving the appropriate electro-diffusion equations for two different postsynaptic structures. Under the assumption that voltage-dependent calcium channels are present on dendritic spines, free intracellular calcium in spines can reach micromolar levels after as few as seven spikes in 20 milliseconds. Moreover, a short, but high-frequency, burst of presynaptic activity is more effective in raising levels of calcium and especially of the calcium-calmodulin complex than sustained low-frequency activity. This behavior is different from that seen at the soma of a typical vertebrate neuron.
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@article{Gamble_1987, title={The Dynamics of Free Calcium in Dendritic Spines in Response to Repetitive Synaptic Input}, volume={236}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.3495885}, DOI={10.1126/science.3495885}, number={4806}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Gamble, Edward and Koch, Christof}, year={1987}, month=jun, pages={1311–1315} }