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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 42, Issue 6, Pages 2312-2321Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13010
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homeostatic plasticity; mouse; optogenetic stimulation; organotypic slices; spontaneous activity
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- NIMH NIH HHS [R21 MH097093] Funding Source: Medline
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A broad range of neurophysiological phenotypes have been reported since the generation of the first mouse model of Fragile X syndrome (FXS). However, it remains unclear which phenotypes are causally related to the cognitive deficits associated with FXS. Indeed, because many of these phenotypes are known to be modulated by experience, a confounding factor in the interpretation of many studies is whether some phenotypes are an indirect consequence of abnormal development and experience. To help diminish this confound we first conducted an in vitro developmental study of spontaneous neural dynamics in cortical organotypic cultures. A significant developmental increase in network activity and Up states was observed in both wild-type and Fmr1(-/y) circuits, along with a specific developmental delay in the emergence of Up states in knockout circuits. To determine whether Up state regulation is generally impaired in FXS circuits, we examined Up state plasticity using chronic optogenetic stimulation. Wildtype and Fmr1(-/y) stimulated circuits exhibited a significant decrease in overall spontaneous activity including Up state frequency; however, no significant effect of genotype was observed. These results demonstrate that developmental delays characteristic of FXS are recapitulated during in vitro development, and that Up state abnormalities are probably a direct consequence of the disease, and not an indirect consequence of abnormal experience. However, the fact that Fmr1(-/y) circuits exhibited normal homeostatic modulation of Up states suggests that these plasticity mechanisms are largely intact, and that some of the previously reported plasticity deficits could reflect abnormal experience or the engagement of compensatory mechanisms.
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