2013
Compartmentalization of GABAergic Inhibition by Dendritic Spines
Chiu CQ, Lur G, Morse TM, Carnevale NT, Ellis-Davies GC, Higley MJ. Compartmentalization of GABAergic Inhibition by Dendritic Spines. Science 2013, 340: 759-762. PMID: 23661763, PMCID: PMC3752161, DOI: 10.1126/science.1234274.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGABAergic inhibitionDendritic spinesPerisomatic inhibitory synapsesPyramidal cell dendritesTwo-photon calcium imagingAction potential outputAcid-mediated inhibitionIndividual dendritic spinesGABAergic controlGABAergic synapsesPyramidal neuronsCell dendritesInhibitory synapsesNeuronal activityCalcium imagingSpine headsInhibitory actionNeocortexInhibitionSpineSynapsesCompartmentalized controlCritical roleSignalingPostsynaptic
2011
Rab3B protein is required for long-term depression of hippocampal inhibitory synapses and for normal reversal learning
Tsetsenis T, Younts T, Chiu C, Kaeser P, Castillo P, Südhof T. Rab3B protein is required for long-term depression of hippocampal inhibitory synapses and for normal reversal learning. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2011, 108: 14300-14305. PMID: 21844341, PMCID: PMC3161598, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1112237108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCA1 Region, HippocampalExcitatory Postsynaptic PotentialsExtinction, PsychologicalFearGene DeletionHippocampusInhibitory Postsynaptic PotentialsLong-Term Synaptic DepressionMiceMice, KnockoutModels, NeurologicalRab3 GTP-Binding ProteinsReversal LearningSynapsesSynaptic TransmissionConceptsLong-term potentiationI-LTDLong-term depressionInhibitory synapsesRab3-interacting moleculeEndocannabinoid-dependent long-term depressionLong-term plasticityRab3 isoformsKO miceMorris water-mazeFear conditioning assaysPresynaptically expressed long-term potentiationNMDA receptor-dependent long-term potentiationInitial phase of learningHippocampal inhibitory synapsesPhases of learningReversal learningWater-mazeGTP-dependent mannerSynaptic vesicle proteinsAcute slicesCA1 regionPresynaptic formShort-term plasticityExcitatory synapses