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JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
卷 92, 期 3, 页码 1558-1565出版社
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00300.2004
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- NINDS NIH HHS [R01 NS040449, R56 NS040449, R01 NS040499, NS 40449, R01 NS040499-02] Funding Source: Medline
Cerebellar basket and stellate neurons (BSNs) provide feed-forward inhibition to Purkinje neurons (PNs) and thereby play a principal role in determining the output of the cerebellar cortex. During low-frequency transmission, glutamate released at parallel fiber synapses excites BSNs by binding to AMPA receptors; high-frequency transmission also recruits N-methyl-D-aspartate ( NMDA) receptors. We find that, in addition to these ligand-gated receptors, a G-protein-coupled glutamate receptor subtype participates in exciting BSNs. Stimulation of metabotropic glutamate receptor 1alpha (mGluR1alpha) with the mGluR agonist (RS)-3,5-dihydroxyphenylglycine ( DHPG) leads to an increase in spontaneous firing of BSNs and indirectly to an increase in the frequency of spontaneous inhibitory postsynaptic currents (sIPSCs) recorded in PNs. Under conditions in which ligand-gated glutamate receptors are blocked, parallel fiber stimulation generates a slow excitatory postsynaptic current (EPSC) in BSNs that is inhibited by mGluR1alpha-selective antagonists. This slow EPSC is capable of increasing BSN spiking and indirectly increasing sIPSCs frequency in PNs. Our findings reinforce the idea that distinct subtypes of glutamate receptors are activated in response to different patterns of activity at excitatory synapses. The results also raise the possibility that mGluR1alpha-dependent forms of synaptic plasticity may occur at excitatory inputs to BSNs.
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