title: Bidirectional modification of presynaptic neuronal excitability accompanying spike timing-dependent synaptic plasticity.
abstract: Correlated pre- and postsynaptic activity that induces long-term potentiation is known to induce a persistent enhancement of the intrinsic excitability of the presynaptic neuron. Here we report that, associated with the induction of long-term depression in hippocampal cultures and in somatosensory cortical slices, there is also a persistent reduction in the excitability of the presynaptic neuron. This reduction requires postsynaptic Ca(2+) elevation and presynaptic PKA- and PKC-dependent modification of slow-inactivating K(+) channels. The bidirectional changes in neuronal excitability and synaptic efficacy exhibit identical requirements for the temporal order of pre- and postsynaptic activation but reflect two distinct aspects of activity-induced modification of neural circuits.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Biological Sciences.
authors.forename: Cheng-yu
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jiang-teng
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Chien-ping
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Shu-min
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.forename: Mu-ming
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Poo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000502:physiology; D019706:Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D017774:Long-Term Potentiation / Q000502:physiology; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000502:physiology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017661:Receptors, Presynaptic / Q000502:physiology*; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D015221:Potassium Channels; D017661:Receptors, Presynaptic; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D002118:Calcium