Precisely localized LTD in the neocortex revealed by infrared-guided laser stimulation

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作者
Dodt, HU [1 ]
Eder, M [1 ]
Frick, A [1 ]
Zieglgänsberger, W [1 ]
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[1] Max Planck Inst Psychiat, D-80804 Munich, Germany
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10.1126/science.286.5437.110
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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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In a direct approach to elucidate the origin of long-term depression (LTD), glutamate was applied onto dendrites of neurons in rat neocortical slices. An infrared-guided laser stimulation was used to release glutamate from caged glutamate in the focal spot df an ultraviolet laser. A burst of light flashes caused an LTD-like depression of glutamate receptor responses, which was highly confined to the region of "tetanic" stimulation (<10 micrometers). A similar depression of glutamate receptor responses was observed during LTD of synaptic transmission. A spatially highly specific postsynaptic mechanism tan account for the LTD induced by glutamate release.
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