期刊
CEREBRAL CORTEX
卷 19, 期 11, 页码 2572-2578出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhp012
关键词
behavior; hippocampus; immediate-early gene; plasticity; sparse coding; spine dynamics
资金
- MEXT Japan [19590060, 20019016]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [20019016, 19590060] Funding Source: KAKEN
Morphological changes in dendritic spines may contribute to the fine tuning of neural network connectivity. The relationship between spine morphology and experience-dependent neuronal activity, however, is largely unknown. In the present study, we combined 2 histological analyses to examine this relationship: 1) Measurement of spines of neurons whose morphology was visualized in brain sections of mice expressing membrane-targeted green florescent protein (Thy1-mGFP mice) and 2) Categorization of CA1 neurons by immunohistochemical monitoring of Arc expression as a putative marker of recent neuronal activity. After mice were exposed to a novel, enriched environment for 60 min, neurons that expressed Arc had fewer small spines and more large spines than Arc-negative cells. These differences were not observed when the exploration time was shortened to 15 min. This net-balanced structural change is consistent with both synapse-specific enhancement and suppression. These results provide the first evidence of rapid morphological changes in spines that were preferential to a subset of neurons in association with an animal's experiences.
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