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Striatal intrinsic plasticity and information processing in the corticostriatal funnel. Cortical synchronization. Firing of striatal medium spiny neurons. +. Short-term intrinsic plasticity. Cortical requirements for striatal MS neuron firing. Cerebral cortex. Striatum.
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Striatal intrinsic plasticity and information processing in the corticostriatal funnel
Cortical synchronization Firing of striatal medium spiny neurons + Short-term intrinsic plasticity
Cortical requirements for striatal MS neuron firing Cerebral cortex Striatum Intrinsic plasticity
Membrane constants of MS neurons are not constant Vm From Charlie Wilson
Experimental demonstration of a need of cortical spatio-temporal synchrony Desynchronized Synchronized
Cortical synchronization as a trigger for striatal intrinsic plasticity?
Effects on the corticostriatal input-output relationship No change in synaptic strength Decrease in spike threshold and latency
Role of the striatal K+ current IAS In vitro experiments Properties of IAS Activation of outward K+ current (IAs) Slow recovery from inactivation (t ~ 300 ms)
Striatal intrinsic plasticity: Changes in the cortical parameters effective for striatal neurons firing and optimization of the information transfer in the corticostriatal pathway Intrinsic plasticity
Séverine Mahon (University College of London) Stéphane Charpier (INSERM U667 Collège de France) Guilaume Casassus (UMR CNRS 5091Institut François Magendie) Christophe Mulle (UMR CNRS 5091Institut François Magendie)