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In vivo dendritic calcium dynamics in deep-layer cortical pyramidal neurons

In vivo dendritic calcium dynamics in deep-layer cortical pyramidal neurons Dendritic Ca2+ action potentials in neocortical pyramidal neurons have been characterized in brain slices, but their presence and role in the intact neocortex remain unclear. Here we used two-photon microscopy to demonstrate Ca2+ electrogenesis in apical dendrites of deep-layer pyramidal neurons of rat barrel cortex in vivo. During whisker stimulation, complex spikes recorded intracellularly from distal dendrites and sharp waves in the electrocorticogram were accompanied by large dendritic [Ca2+] transients; these also occurred during bursts of action potentials recorded from somata of identified layer 5 neurons. The amplitude of the [Ca2+] transients was largest proximal to the main bifurcation, where sodium action potentials produced little Ca2+ influx. In some cases, synaptic stimulation evoked [Ca2+] transients without a concomitant action potential burst, suggesting variable coupling between dendrite and soma. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nature Neuroscience Springer Journals

In vivo dendritic calcium dynamics in deep-layer cortical pyramidal neurons

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 1999 by Nature America Inc.
Subject
Biomedicine; Biomedicine, general; Neurosciences; Behavioral Sciences; Biological Techniques; Neurobiology; Animal Genetics and Genomics
ISSN
1097-6256
eISSN
1546-1726
DOI
10.1038/14788
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Abstract

Dendritic Ca2+ action potentials in neocortical pyramidal neurons have been characterized in brain slices, but their presence and role in the intact neocortex remain unclear. Here we used two-photon microscopy to demonstrate Ca2+ electrogenesis in apical dendrites of deep-layer pyramidal neurons of rat barrel cortex in vivo. During whisker stimulation, complex spikes recorded intracellularly from distal dendrites and sharp waves in the electrocorticogram were accompanied by large dendritic [Ca2+] transients; these also occurred during bursts of action potentials recorded from somata of identified layer 5 neurons. The amplitude of the [Ca2+] transients was largest proximal to the main bifurcation, where sodium action potentials produced little Ca2+ influx. In some cases, synaptic stimulation evoked [Ca2+] transients without a concomitant action potential burst, suggesting variable coupling between dendrite and soma.

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Nature NeuroscienceSpringer Journals

Published: Nov 1, 1999

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