2020
Muscarinic Regulation of Spike Timing Dependent Synaptic Plasticity in the Hippocampus
Fuenzalida M, Chiu C, Chávez A. Muscarinic Regulation of Spike Timing Dependent Synaptic Plasticity in the Hippocampus. Neuroscience 2020, 456: 50-59. PMID: 32828940, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.08.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpike timing dependent synaptic plasticityTiming-dependent plasticityCellular basis of learningMagnitude of long-term changesMuscarinic receptorsInhibitory synapsesMuscarinic regulationSynaptic transmissionSynaptic plasticityShape learningCentral synapsesBasis of learningCellular basisNetwork activityBrain network activityLong-term changesAcetylcholineHippocampusLearningSynapsesSTDPBrainMuscarinicMemoryReceptors
2018
Input-Specific NMDAR-Dependent Potentiation of Dendritic GABAergic Inhibition
Chiu CQ, Martenson JS, Yamazaki M, Natsume R, Sakimura K, Tomita S, Tavalin SJ, Higley MJ. Input-Specific NMDAR-Dependent Potentiation of Dendritic GABAergic Inhibition. Neuron 2018, 97: 368-377.e3. PMID: 29346754, PMCID: PMC5777295, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.12.032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDendritic inhibitionInput-specific long-term potentiationNMDA-type glutamate receptorsGABAergic inhibitory synapsesSomatostatin-expressing interneuronsGABA-A receptorsNormal brain functionLong-term potentiationForms of plasticityHomeostatic cellular mechanismsGABAergic inhibitionSynaptic excitationPerisomatic inhibitionPostsynaptic spikingInhibitory synapsesLong-term plasticityGlutamate receptorsInhibitory inputsSynaptic transmissionDependent potentiationCortical circuitsGenetic deletionBrain functionNeuronal dendritesCellular mechanisms
2010
TRPV1 activation by endogenous anandamide triggers postsynaptic long-term depression in dentate gyrus
Chávez A, Chiu C, Castillo P. TRPV1 activation by endogenous anandamide triggers postsynaptic long-term depression in dentate gyrus. Nature Neuroscience 2010, 13: 1511-1518. PMID: 21076423, PMCID: PMC3058928, DOI: 10.1038/nn.2684.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDentate gyrusLong-term depressionInternalization of AMPA receptorsActivation of TRPV-1Postsynaptic long-term depressionExcitatory synaptic transmissionEndocannabinoid receptorsAMPA receptorsTRPV-1TRPV1 activationGyrusSynaptic transmissionDentateClathrin-dependent internalizationReceptorsEndocannabinoidAnandamideDepressionTRPV1