2009
Long-Term Potentiation and Long-Term Depression in Experience-Dependent Plasticity
Crair M, Shah R. Long-Term Potentiation and Long-Term Depression in Experience-Dependent Plasticity. 2009, 561-570. DOI: 10.1016/b978-008045046-9.01213-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLong-term depressionExperience-dependent plasticityLong-term potentiationActivity-dependent developmentHebbian synaptic plasticitySynaptic mechanismsMammalian sensory systemsSomatosensory systemSynaptic plasticityTerm potentiationSynaptic homeostasisTiming-dependent plasticityMechanistic linkPotentiationDepressionSensory systemsPlasticityBrain
2008
State-Dependent Bidirectional Modification of Somatic Inhibition in Neocortical Pyramidal Cells
Kurotani T, Yamada K, Yoshimura Y, Crair MC, Komatsu Y. State-Dependent Bidirectional Modification of Somatic Inhibition in Neocortical Pyramidal Cells. Neuron 2008, 57: 905-916. PMID: 18367091, PMCID: PMC2880402, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.01.030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerateAction PotentialsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornBicucullineDendritesDose-Response Relationship, DrugDose-Response Relationship, RadiationElectric StimulationExcitatory Amino Acid AntagonistsGABA AntagonistsGamma-Aminobutyric AcidInhibitory Postsynaptic PotentialsNeural InhibitionPatch-Clamp TechniquesPyramidal CellsQuinoxalinesRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySpider VenomsVisual CortexConceptsL-type Ca2Slow-wave sleepSomatic inhibitionPyramidal neuronsLayer 5 pyramidal neuronsBidirectional modificationSlow membrane oscillationsRat visual cortexCortical pyramidal neuronsR-type Ca2Neocortical pyramidal cellsBehavioral statesNeuron responsivenessPyramidal cellsDepolarized phaseRepetitive firingVisual cortexReceptor exocytosisChannel activationInhibitionPotentiationNeuronsSleepMembrane oscillationsDepression
1997
Silent Synapses during Development of Thalamocortical Inputs
Isaac J, Crair M, Nicoll R, Malenka R. Silent Synapses during Development of Thalamocortical Inputs. Neuron 1997, 18: 269-280. PMID: 9052797, DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(00)80267-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term potentiationThalamocortical synapsesThalamocortical inputsSilent synapsesFunctional synapsesPostnatal day 8Rat somatosensory cortexActivity-dependent mechanismsActivity-dependent increaseEarly postnatal developmentSomatosensory cortexPostsynaptic activityTopographical projectionDay 8Postnatal developmentSynaptic connectionsSynaptic strengthSynapsesCortexSignificant proportionThalamusEarly developmentPotentiation
1995
A critical period for long-term potentiation at thalamocortical synapses
Crair M, Malenka R. A critical period for long-term potentiation at thalamocortical synapses. Nature 1995, 375: 325-328. PMID: 7753197, DOI: 10.1038/375325a0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term potentiationThalamocortical synapsesNMDA receptor-mediated synaptic currentsN-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-dependent long-term potentiationReceptor-mediated synaptic currentsCritical periodRat somatosensory cortexActivity-dependent processesSomatosensory cortexThalamic axonsCortical circuitryNormal connectivitySynaptic currentsTopographical projectionSynaptic connectionsWhisker barrelsLoss of susceptibilitySensory perturbationsLTPPotentiationCortexSynapsesNormal developmentCompelling evidenceLikely mechanism