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Analogue modulation of back-propagating action potentials enables dendritic hybrid signalling
We report that back-propagating action potentials (bAPs) are not simply digital feedback signals in dendrites but also carry analogue information about the overall state of neurons. Analogue information about the somatic membrane potential within a physiological range (from −78 to −64 mV) is retaine...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5059477/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27703164 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13033 |
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author | Brunner, János Szabadics, János |
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description | We report that back-propagating action potentials (bAPs) are not simply digital feedback signals in dendrites but also carry analogue information about the overall state of neurons. Analogue information about the somatic membrane potential within a physiological range (from −78 to −64 mV) is retained by bAPs of dentate gyrus granule cells as different repolarization speeds in proximal dendrites and as different peak amplitudes in distal regions. These location-dependent waveform changes are reflected by local calcium influx, leading to proximal enhancement and distal attenuation during somatic hyperpolarization. The functional link between these retention and readout mechanisms of the analogue content of bAPs critically depends on high-voltage-activated, inactivating calcium channels. The hybrid bAP and calcium mechanisms report the phase of physiological somatic voltage fluctuations and modulate long-term synaptic plasticity in distal dendrites. Thus, bAPs are hybrid signals that relay somatic analogue information, which is detected by the dendrites in a location-dependent manner. |
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spelling | pubmed-50594772016-10-26 Analogue modulation of back-propagating action potentials enables dendritic hybrid signalling Brunner, János Szabadics, János Nat Commun Article We report that back-propagating action potentials (bAPs) are not simply digital feedback signals in dendrites but also carry analogue information about the overall state of neurons. Analogue information about the somatic membrane potential within a physiological range (from −78 to −64 mV) is retained by bAPs of dentate gyrus granule cells as different repolarization speeds in proximal dendrites and as different peak amplitudes in distal regions. These location-dependent waveform changes are reflected by local calcium influx, leading to proximal enhancement and distal attenuation during somatic hyperpolarization. The functional link between these retention and readout mechanisms of the analogue content of bAPs critically depends on high-voltage-activated, inactivating calcium channels. The hybrid bAP and calcium mechanisms report the phase of physiological somatic voltage fluctuations and modulate long-term synaptic plasticity in distal dendrites. Thus, bAPs are hybrid signals that relay somatic analogue information, which is detected by the dendrites in a location-dependent manner. Nature Publishing Group 2016-10-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5059477/ /pubmed/27703164 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13033 Text en Copyright © 2016, The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Article Brunner, János Szabadics, János Analogue modulation of back-propagating action potentials enables dendritic hybrid signalling |
title | Analogue modulation of back-propagating action potentials enables dendritic hybrid signalling |
title_full | Analogue modulation of back-propagating action potentials enables dendritic hybrid signalling |
title_fullStr | Analogue modulation of back-propagating action potentials enables dendritic hybrid signalling |
title_full_unstemmed | Analogue modulation of back-propagating action potentials enables dendritic hybrid signalling |
title_short | Analogue modulation of back-propagating action potentials enables dendritic hybrid signalling |
title_sort | analogue modulation of back-propagating action potentials enables dendritic hybrid signalling |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5059477/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27703164 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13033 |
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