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ArticleMolecular brain2014

Voltage-independent sodium channels emerge for an expression of activity-induced spontaneous spikes in GABAergic neurons.

Wei Lu, Bo Wen, Fengyu Zhang, Jin-Hui Wang

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Article in Molecular brain, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wei Lu
Bo Wen
Fengyu Zhang
Jin-Hui WangState Key lab for Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, China. jhw@sun5.ibp.ac.cn.
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNInstitute of Biophysics · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCerebral overexcitation needs inhibitory neurons be functionally upregulated to rebalance excitation vs. inhibition. For example, the intensive activities of GABAergic neurons induce spontaneous spikes, i.e., activity-induced spontaneous spikes (AISS). The mechanisms underlying AISS onset remain unclear. We investigated the roles of sodium channels in AISS induction and expression at hippocampal GABAergic neurons by electrophysiological approach.

resultsAISS expression includes additional spike capability above evoked spikes, and the full spikes in AISS comprise early phase (spikelets) and late phase, implying the emergence of new spikelet component. Compared with the late phase, the early phase is characterized as voltage-independent onset, less voltage-dependent upstroke and sensitivity to TTX. AISS expression and induction are independent of membrane potential changes. Therefore, AISS's spikelets express based on voltage-independent sodium channels. In terms of AISS induction, the facilitation of voltage-gated sodium channel (VGSC) activation accelerates AISS onset, or vice versa.

conclusionAISS expression in GABAergic neurons is triggered by the spikelets based on the functional emergence of voltage-independent sodium channels, which is driven by intensive VGSCs' activities.

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PMID24886791
PMCPMC4039334
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