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JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
卷 83, 期 6, 页码 3310-3322出版社
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.83.6.3310
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK-02254] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM-07108] Funding Source: Medline
- BLRD VA [I01 BX000386] Funding Source: Medline
It has been hypothesized that voltage-sensitive conductances present on the dendrites of neurons can influence summation of excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) and hence affect how neurons compile information. Greater than linear summation of EPSPs has been postulated to facilitate coincidence detection by cortical neurons. This study examined whether the summation of subthreshold AMPA-mediated EPSPs generated on layer V neocortical pyramidal neurons in vitro was linear and if any nonlinearities could be attributed to dendritic conductances. Evoked EPSPs (1-12 mV) were recorded somatically by means of intracellular sharp electrodes in the presence of 100 mu M amino-5-phosphonopentanoic acid (AP-5) and 3 mM bicuculline. Two independent EPSPs were evoked by a stimulating electrode in layer I and another in layers III-V. The areas of stimulation were isolated from each other by a horizontal cut below layer I. By subtracting the algebraic sum of the individual EPSPs from the evoked response when both EPSPs were evoked simultaneously, we determined that they summed linearly to supralinearly. Supralinear summation was more likely when the soma was hyperpolarized by DC current injection. Summation was predominantly linear when postsynaptic conductances (i.e., Na+ and Ca2+) were blocked with intracellular QX-314. The supralinear summation of EPSPs (without QX-314) decreased as the time between inputs was increased from 0 to 30 ms. To determine the role of dendrites in nonlinear summation, we substituted a current pulse (simulated EPSP) delivered at the soma for either or both of the evoked EPSPs. Simulated EPSPs combined with either an evoked EPSP or another simulated EPSP showed significantly less supralinear summation than two evoked EPSPs, indicating that the dendritic conductances were largely responsible for the observed supralinear summation.
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