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NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING
Volume 82, Issue -, Pages 120-127Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2019.07.010
Keywords
Granule cells; Disynaptic inhibition; Lateral entorhinal cortex; E/I balance; Excitation/inhibition balance
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- National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health [AG009973-22, AG009973-24]
- NIH [T32HL110952, PO1-AG09973]
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Aging often impairs cognitive functions associated with the medial temporal lobe ( MTL). Anatomical studies identified the layer II pyramidal cells of the lateral entorhinal cortex (LEC) as one of the most vulnerable elements within the MTL. These cells provide a major excitatory input to the dentate gyrus hippocampal subfield through synapses onto granule cells and onto local inhibitory interneurons, and a fraction of these contacts are lost in aged individuals with impaired learning. Using optogenetics, we evaluated the functional status of the remaining inputs in an outbred rat model of aging that distinguishes between learning-impaired and learning-unimpaired individuals. We found that aging affects the presynaptic and postsynaptic strength of the LEC inputs onto granule cells. However, the magnitude of these changes was similar in impaired and unimpaired rats. In contrast, the recruitment of inhibition by LEC activation was selectively reduced in the aged impaired subjects. These findings are consistent with the notion that the preservation of an adequate balance of excitation and inhibition is crucial to maintaining proficient memory performance during aging. (C) 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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