Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein Is Required for Rapid Experience-Dependent Regulation of the Potassium Channel Kv3.1b
Strumbos JG, Brown MR, Kronengold J, Polley DB, Kaczmarek LK. Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein Is Required for Rapid Experience-Dependent Regulation of the Potassium Channel Kv3.1b. Journal Of Neuroscience 2010, 30: 10263-10271. PMID: 20685971, PMCID: PMC3485078, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1125-10.2010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental retardation proteinAnterior ventral cochlear nucleusFragile X Mental Retardation ProteinRNA-binding proteinProtein translationFMRPWild-type animalsSpecific mRNAsSound localization circuitVentral cochlear nucleusBrainstem synaptosomesExperience-dependent regulationProtein levelsAmplitude-modulated stimuliProteinTrapezoid bodyCochlear nucleusMale miceMedial nucleusNeuronal activityPotassium currentWT controlsSynaptic plasticityTonotopic axisAcoustic stimulationSpecific and rapid effects of acoustic stimulation on the tonotopic distribution of Kv3.1b potassium channels in the adult rat
Strumbos J, Polley D, Kaczmarek L. Specific and rapid effects of acoustic stimulation on the tonotopic distribution of Kv3.1b potassium channels in the adult rat. Neuroscience 2010, 167: 567-572. PMID: 20219640, PMCID: PMC2854512, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.02.046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcoustic StimulationAdaptation, PhysiologicalAnimalsAntibody SpecificityAuditory PathwaysAuditory ThresholdImmunohistochemistryIon Channel GatingNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuronal PlasticityRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReaction TimeRhombencephalonShaw Potassium ChannelsSound LocalizationSynaptic TransmissionTime FactorsUp-RegulationConceptsTotal cellular levelsCytoplasmic C-terminusCellular levelVoltage-gated potassium channel subunitsPotassium channel subunitsTonotopic distributionAdult ratsC-terminusChannel proteinsChannel subunitsSound localization circuitIon channelsProteinExperience-dependent plasticityCultured neuronsPotassium channelsHigh-frequency stimuliAcute slicesMedial nucleusSynaptic activityAuditory neuronsKv3.1 proteinMin of exposureAction potentialsAcoustic stimulation