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JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 29, Issue 27, Pages 8764-8773Publisher
SOC NEUROSCIENCE
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1014-09.2009
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- Chinese National Natural Science Foundation [30500145]
- Education Department of Jiangsu Province [08KJA180004]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BK2005424]
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In vivo experience induces changes in synaptic NMDA receptor (NMDAR) subunit components, which are correlated with subsequent modifications of synaptic plasticity. However, little is known about how these subunit changes regulate the induction threshold of subsequent plasticity. At hippocampal Schaffer collateral-CA1 synapses, we first examined whether a recent history of neuronal activity could affect subsequent synaptic plasticity through its actions on NMDAR subunit components. We found that prior activity history produced by priming stimulations (PSs) across a wide range of frequencies (1-100 Hz) could induce bidirectional changes in the NR2A/NR2B ratio, which governs the threshold for subsequent long-term potentiation/long-term depression (LTP/LTD). Manipulating the NR2A/NR2B ratio through partial NR2 subunit blockade mimicked the PS regulation of the LTP/LTD threshold. Our results demonstrate that activity-dependent changes in the NR2A/NR2B ratio can be critical factors in metaplastic regulation of the LTP/LTD threshold.
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