The Influence of Multivesicular Release and Postsynaptic Receptor Saturation on Transmission at Granule Cell to Purkinje Cell Synapses
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- 14 December 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Society for Neuroscience in Journal of Neuroscience
- Vol. 25 (50), 11655-11665
- https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.4029-05.2005
Abstract
The properties of a synapse are crucially dependent on whether an action potential can trigger the release of multiple vesicles at an individual release site [multivesicular release (MVR)] and whether fusion of a single vesicle leads to receptor saturation. MVR and receptor saturation both occur at some highpsynapses, but it is not known whether they also occur at lowpsynapses. Here we examine this issue at the lowpsynapse between parallel fibers and Purkinje cells using the low-affinity antagonist DGG (γ-d-glutamylglycine) to relieve AMPA receptor saturation. We find that the presence of MVR and receptor saturation at this synapse alters the calcium dependence of synaptic transmission and reduces the extent of facilitation. These findings establish that MVR and postsynaptic receptor saturation can influence transmission even at synapses with a low initial probability of release and suggest that these properties may be common at synapses in the mammalian brain.Keywords
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