Recurrent excitatory postsynaptic potentials induced by synchronized fast cortical oscillations
AUTOR(ES)
Whittington, Miles A.
FONTE
The National Academy of Sciences of the USA
RESUMO
Gamma frequency (about 20–70 Hz) oscillations occur during novel sensory stimulation, with tight synchrony over distances of at least 7 mm. Synchronization in the visual system has been proposed to reflect coactivation of different parts of the visual field by a single spatially extended object. We have shown that intracortical mechanisms, including spike doublet firing by interneurons, can account for tight long-range synchrony. Here we show that synchronous gamma oscillations in two sites also can cause long-lasting (>1 hr) potentiation of recurrent excitatory synapses. Synchronous oscillations lasting >400 ms in hippocampal area CA1 are associated with an increase in both excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP) amplitude and action potential afterhyperpolarization size. The resulting EPSPs stabilize and synchronize a prolonged beta frequency (about 10–25 Hz) oscillation. The changes in EPSP size are not expressed during non-oscillatory behavior but reappear during subsequent gamma-oscillatory events. We propose that oscillation-induced EPSPs serve as a substrate for memory, whose expression either enhances or blocks synchronization of spatially separated sites. This phenomenon thus provides a dynamical mechanism for storage and retrieval of stimulus-specific neuronal assemblies.
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