期刊
NEURON
卷 85, 期 5, 页码 1132-1144出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.01.017
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资金
- National Eye Institute [RO1 EY11027]
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE [R01EY011027] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Signal transfer in neural circuits is dynamically modified by the recent history of neuronal activity. Shortterm plasticity endows synapses with nonlinear transmission properties, yet synapses in sensory and motor circuits are capable of signaling linearly over a wide range of presynaptic firing rates. How do such synapses achieve rate-invariant transmission despite history-dependent nonlinearities? Here, ultrastructural, biophysical, and computational analyses demonstrate that concerted molecular, anatomical, and physiological refinements are required for central vestibular nerve synapses to linearly transmit rate-coded sensory signals. Vestibular synapses operate in a physiological regime of steady-state depression imposed by tonic firing. Rate-invariant transmission relies on brief presynaptic action potentials that delimit calcium influx, large pools of rapidly mobilized vesicles, multiple low-probability release sites, robust postsynaptic receptor sensitivity, and efficient transmitter clearance. Broadband linear synaptic filtering of head motion signals is thus achieved by coordinately tuned synaptic machinery that maintains physiological operation within inherent cell biological limitations.
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