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JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON
卷 601, 期 1, 页码 171-193出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1113/JP283716
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burst firing; dopaminergic neurons; ion channels; pacemaker channels; pacemaking; NALCN; substantia nigra; tonic firing; TRPC3
The proximal dendritic localization of NALCN channels determines the characteristics of pacemaking and burst firing in multipolar nigral dopamine neurons.
In multipolar nigral dopamine (DA) neurons, the highly excitable proximal dendritic compartments (PDCs) and two Na+-permeable leak channels, TRPC3 and NALCN, play a key role in pacemaking. However, the causal link between them is unknown. Here we report that the proximal dendritic localization of NALCN underlies pacemaking and burst firing in DA neurons. Our morphological analysis of nigral DA neurons reveals that TRPC3 is ubiquitously expressed in the whole somatodendritic compartment, but NALCN is localized within the PDCs. Blocking either TRPC3 or NALCN channels abolished pacemaking. However, only blocking NALCN, not TRPC3, degraded burst discharges. Furthermore, local glutamate uncaging readily induced burst discharges within the PDCs, compared with other parts of the neuron, and NALCN channel inhibition dissipated burst generation, indicating the importance of NALCN to the high excitability of PDCs. Therefore, we conclude that PDCs serve as a common base for tonic and burst firing in nigral DA neurons.
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