Spontaneous development of synchronous oscillatory activity during maturation of cortical networks in vitro

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2196-2206

  Opitz, Thoralf ^a   De Lima, Ana D ^a   Voigt, Thomas ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; CALCIUM; GLUTAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0036849201     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00316.2002     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. 2+ signals induced in hippocampal CA1 neurones by the synaptic activation of NMDA receptors. J Physiol (Lond) 469: 693-716, 1993.
2. Ben-Ari Y. Developing networks play a similar melody. Trends Neurosci 24: 353-360, 2001.
3. Ben-Ari Y, Cherubini E, Corradetti R, and Gaiarsa JL. Giant synaptic potentials in immature rat CA3 hippocampal neurones. J Physiol (Lond) 416: 303-325, 1989.
4. Cherubini E, Gaiarsa JL, and Ben Ari Y. GABA: An excitatory transmitter in early postnatal life. Trends Neurosci 14: 515-519, 1991.
5. 2- to Hepes-buffered medium modifies membrane properties of rat CA1 hippocampal neurones in vitro. J Physiol (Lond) 455: 51-71, 1992.
6. Cowan AI and Martin RL. Simultaneous measurement of pH and membrane potential in rat dorsal vagal motoneurons during normoxia and hypoxia: A comparison in bicarbonate and Hepes buffers. J Neurophysiol 74: 2713-2721, 1995.
7. Cowan AI and Martin RL. Ionic basis of the membrane potential responses of rat dorsal vagal motoneurons to Hepes buffers. Brain Res 717: 69-75, 1996.
8. Darbon P, Scicluna L, Tscherter A, and Streit J. Mechanisms controlling bursting activity induced by disinhibition in spinal cord networks. Eur J Neurosci 15: 671-683, 2002.
9. De Lima AD, Merten MDP, and Voigt T. Neuritic differentiation and synaptogenesis in serum-free neuronal cultures of the rat cerebral cortex. J Comp Neurol 382: 230-246, 1997.
10. De Lima AD and Voigt T. Astroglia inhibit the proliferation of neocortical cells and prevent the generation of small GABAergic neurons in vitro. Eur J Neurosci 11: 3845-3856, 1999.
11. Feller MB. Spontaneous correlated activity in developing neural circuits. Neuron 22: 653-656, 1999.
12. Forsythe ID and Westbrook GL. Slow excitatory postsynaptic currents mediated by N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors on cultured mouse central neurones. J Physiol (Lond) 396: 515-533, 1988.
13. Furshpan EJ and Potter DD. Seizure-like activity and cellular damage in rat hippocampal neurons in cell culture. Neuron 3: 199-207, 1989.
14. Garaschuk O, Hanse E, and Konnerth A. Developmental profile and synaptic origin of early network oscillations in the CA1 region of rat neonatal hippocampus. J Physiol (Lond) 507: 219-236, 1998.
15. Garaschuk O, Linn J, Eilers J, and Konnerth A. Large-scale oscillatory calcium waves in the immature cortex. Nature Neurosci 3: 452-459, 2000.
16. + channel characteristics in hippocampal CA1 neurons. J Neurophysiol 84: 2477-2483, 2000.
17. Hardingham NR and Larkman AU. The reliability of excitatory synaptic transmission in slices of rat visual cortex in vitro is temperature dependent. J Physiol (Lond) 507: 249-256, 1998.
18. Higashi S, Crair MC, Kurotani T, Inokawa H, and Toyama K. Altered spatial patterns of functional thalamocortical connections in the barrel cortex after neonatal infraorbital nerve cut revealed by optical recording. Neuroscience 91: 439-452, 1999.
19. Jaffe DB and Brown TH. Metabotropic glutamate receptor activation induces calcium waves within hippocampal dendrites. J Neurophysiol 72: 471-474, 1994.
20. Kandler K and Katz LC. Coordination of neuronal activity in developing visual cortex by gap junction-mediated biochemical communication. J Neurosci 18: 1419-1427, 1998.
21. Kyrozis A and Reichling DB. Perforated-patch recording with gramicidin avoids artifactual changes in intracellular chloride concentration. J Neurosci Methods 57: 27-35, 1995.
22. Latham PE, Richmond BJ, Nelson PG, and Nirenberg S. Intrinsic dynamics in neuronal networks. I. Theory. J Neurophysiol 83: 808-827, 2000a.
23. Latham PE, Richmond BJ, Nirenberg S, and Nelson PG. Intrinsic dynamics in neuronal networks. II. Experiment. J Neurophysiol 83: 828-835, 2000b.
24. 2+ rise in pyramidal cells and interneurons from rat neonatal hippocampal slices. J Physiol (Lond) 487: 319-329, 1995.
25. MacDermott AB, Mayer ML, Westbrook GL, Smith SJ, and Barker JL. NMDA-receptor activation increases cytoplasmic calcium concentration in cultured spinal cord neurones. Nature 321: 519-522, 1986.
26. Maeda E, Robinson HPC, and Kawana A. The mechanisms of generation and propagation of synchronized bursting in developing networks of cortical neurons. J Neurosci 15: 6834-6845, 1995.
27. Mayer ML and Westbrook GL. Permeation and block of N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor channels by divalent cations in mouse cultured central neurones. J Physiol (Lond) 394: 501-527, 1987.
28. Milner LD and Landmesser LT. Cholinergic and GABAergic inputs drive patterned spontaneous motoneuron activity before target contact. J Neurosci 19: 3007-3022, 1999.
29. Misgeld U, Zeilhofer HU, and Swandulla D. Synaptic modulation of oscillatory activity of hypothalamic neuronal networks in vitro. Cell Mol Neurobiol 18: 29-43, 1998.
30. 2+ channels. Neuron 9: 1163-1173, 1992.
31. Murphy TH, Blatter LA, Wier WG, and Baraban JM. Spontaneous synchronous synaptic calcium transients in cultured cortical neurons. J Neurosci 12: 4834-4845, 1992.
32. Nowak L, Bregestovski P, Ascher P, Herbet A, and Prochiantz A. Magnesium gates glutamate-activated channels in mouse central neurones. Nature 307: 462-465, 1984.
33. O'Donovan MJ. The origin of spontaneous activity in developing networks of the vertebrate nervous system. Curr Opin Neurobiol 9: 94-104, 1999.
34. Owens DF, Boyce LH, Davis MB, and Kriegstein AR. Excitatory GABA responses in embryonic and neonatal cortical slices demonstrated by gram-icidin perforated-patch recordings and calcium imaging. J Neurosci 16: 6414-6423, 1996.
35. Peinado A. Traveling slow waves of neural activity: A novel form of network activity in developing neocortex. J Neurosci 20: 1-5, 2000.
36. Peinado A. Immature neocortical neurons exist as extensive syncitial networks linked by dendrodendritic electrical connections. J Neurophysiol 85: 620-629, 2001.
37. Robinson HPC, Kawahara M, Jimbo Y, Torimitsu K, Kuroda Y, and Kawana A. Periodic synchronized bursting and intracellular calcium transients elicited by low magnesium in cultured cortical neurons. J Neurophysiol 70: 1606-1616, 1993.
38. Staley KJ, Longacher M, Bains JS, and Yee A. Presynaptic modulation of CA3 network activity. Nature Neurosci 1: 201-209, 1998.
39. 3-buffered media on whole-cell currents in cultured chemoreceptors of the rat carotid body. Neurosci Lett 132: 239-242, 1991.
40. Stern P, Edwards FA, and Sakmann B. Fast and slow components of unitary EPSCs on stellate cells elicited by focal stimulation in slices of rat visual cortex. J Physiol (Lond) 449: 247-278, 1992.
41. Streit J, Tscherter A, Heuschkel MO, and Renaud P. The generation of rhythmic activity in dissociated cultures of rat spinal cord. Eur J Neurosci 14: 191-202, 2001.
42. Tabak J, Rinzel J, and O'Donovan MJ. The role of activity-dependent network depression in the expression and self-regulation of spontaneous activity in the developing spinal cord. J Neurosci 21: 8966-8978, 2001.
43. Tabak J, Senn W, O'Donovan MJ, and Rinzel J. Modeling of spontaneous activity in developing spinal cord using activity-dependent depression in an excitatory network. J Neurosci 20: 3041-3056, 2000.
44. Verderio C, Bacci A, Coco S, Pravettoni E, Fumagalli G, and Matteoli M. Astrocytes are required for the oscillatory activity in cultured hippocampal neurons. Eur J Neurosci 11: 2793-2800, 1999.
45. Voigt T, Baier H, and De Lima AD. Synchronization of neuronal activity promotes survival of individual rat neocortical neurons in early development. Eur J Neurosci 9: 990-999, 1997.
46. Voigt T, Opitz T, and De Lima AD. Synchronous oscillatory activity in immature cortical network is driven by GABAergic preplate neurons. J Neurosci 15: 8895-8905, 2001.
47. Weight FF and Erulkar SD. Synaptic transmission and effects of temperature at the squid giant synapse. Nature 261: 720-722, 1976.
48. Wong ROL. Retinal waves and visual system development. Annu Rev Neurosci 22: 29-47, 1999.
49. Yuste R, Peinado A, and Katz LC. Neuronal domains in developing neocortex. Science 257: 665-669, 1992.