Release probability increases towards distal dendrites boosting high-frequency signal transfer in the rodent hippocampus.

ABSTRACT: Dendritic integration of synaptic inputs involves their increased electrotonic attenuation at distal dendrites, which can be counterbalanced by the increased synaptic receptor density. However, during network activity, the influence of individual synapses depends on their release fidelity, the dendritic distribution of which remains poorly understood. Here, we employed classical optical quantal analyses and a genetically encoded optical glutamate sensor in acute hippocampal slices of rats and mice to monitor glutamate release at CA3-CA1 synapses. We find that their release probability increases with greater distances from the soma. Similar-fidelity synapses tend to group together, whereas release probability shows no trends regarding the branch ends. Simulations with a realistic CA1 pyrami

SUBMITTER: Jensen TP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7837677 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature