Developmental inhibitory gate controls the relay of activity to the superficial layers of the visual cortex

被引:75
作者
Rozas, C
Frank, H
Heynen, AJ
Morales, B
Bear, MF
Kirkwood, A
机构
[1] Johns Hopkins Univ, Mind Brain Inst, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
[2] Brown Univ, Howard Hughes Med Inst, Dept Neurosci, Providence, RI 02912 USA
关键词
critical period; plasticity; GABA; paired-pulse depression; neocortex; layer IV;
D O I
10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-17-06791.2001
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
A developmental reduction in the radial transmission of synaptic activity has been proposed to underlie the end of the critical period for experience-dependent modification in layers II/III of the visual cortex. Using paired-pulse stimulation, we investigated in visual cortical slices how the propagation of synaptic activity to the superficial layers changes during development and how this process is affected by sensory experience. The results can be summarized as follows. (1) Layers II/III responses to repetitive stimulation of the white matter become increasingly depressed between the third and sixth week of postnatal development, a time course that parallels the end of the critical period. (2) Paired-pulse depression is reduced after dark rearing and also by blocking inhibitory synaptic transmission. (3) Paired-pulse depression and its regulation by age and sensory experience is more pronounced when stimulation is applied to the white matter than when applied to layer IV. Together, these results are consistent with the idea that the maturation of intracortical inhibition reduces the capability of the cortex to relay incoming high-frequency patterns of activity to the supragranular layers.
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页码:6791 / 6801
页数:11
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