Kim_2003_Neuron_40_151

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Title : Presynaptic activation of silent synapses and growth of new synapses contribute to intermediate and long-term facilitation in Aplysia - Kim_2003_Neuron_40_151
Author(s) : Kim JH , Udo H , Li HL , Youn TY , Chen M , Kandel ER , Bailey CH
Ref : Neuron , 40 :151 , 2003
Abstract :

The time course and functional significance of the structural changes associated with long-term facilitation of Aplysia sensory to motor neuron synaptic connections in culture were examined by time-lapse confocal imaging of individual sensory neuron varicosities labeled with three different fluorescent markers: the whole-cell marker Alexa-594 and two presynaptic marker proteins-synaptophysin-eGFP to monitor changes in synaptic vesicle distribution and synapto-PHluorin to monitor active transmitter release sites. Repeated pulses of serotonin induce two temporally, morphologically, and molecularly distinct presynaptic changes: (1) a rapid activation of silent presynaptic terminals by filling of preexisting empty varicosities with synaptic vesicles, which parallels intermediate-term facilitation, is completed within 3-6 hr and requires translation but not transcription and (2) a slower generation of new functional varicosities which occurs between 12-18 hr and requires transcription and translation. Enrichment of empty varicosities with synaptophysin accounts for 32% of the newly activated synapses at 24 hr, whereas newly formed varicosities account for 68%.

PubMedSearch : Kim_2003_Neuron_40_151
PubMedID: 14527440

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Kim JH, Udo H, Li HL, Youn TY, Chen M, Kandel ER, Bailey CH (2003)
Presynaptic activation of silent synapses and growth of new synapses contribute to intermediate and long-term facilitation in Aplysia
Neuron 40 :151

Kim JH, Udo H, Li HL, Youn TY, Chen M, Kandel ER, Bailey CH (2003)
Neuron 40 :151