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Developmental changes in pacemaker currents in mouse locus coeruleus neurons

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BRAIN RESEARCH
Volume 1425, Issue -, Pages 27-36

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.09.053

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Pacemaker current; Development; Electrophysiology; Sodium channel; Potassium channel; Calcium channel; Voltage clamp; Locus coeruleus

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  1. ARC [DP0556478]
  2. Australian Research Council [DP0556478] Funding Source: Australian Research Council

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The present study compares the electrophysiological properties and the primary pacemaker currents that flow during the interspike interval in locus coeruleus (LC) neurons from infant (P7-12 days) and young adult (8-12 weeks) mice. The magnitude of the primary pacemaker currents, which consist of an excitatory TTX-sensitive Na(+) current and an inhibitory voltage-dependent K(+) current, increased in parallel during development. We found no evidence for the involvement of hyperpolarization-activated (I(H)) or Ca(2+) currents in pacemaking in infant or adult LC neurons. The incidence of TTX-resistant spikes, observed during current clamp recordings, was greater in adult neurons. Neurons from adult animals also showed an increase in voltage fluctuations, during the interspike interval, as revealed in the presence of the K(+) channel blocker, 4-AP (1 mM). In summary, our results suggest that mouse LC neurons undergo changes in basic electrophysiological properties during development that influence pacemaking and hence spontaneous firing in LC neurons. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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