NR2B subunit-dependent long-term potentiation enhancement in the rat cortical auditory system in vivo following masking of patterned auditory input by white noise exposure during early postnatal life

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 376-384

  Hogsden, Jennifer L ^a   Dringenberg, Hans C ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Long Evans rats; NMDA receptor subunit plasticity; Sensory deprivation

Indexed keywords

4 BENZYL ALPHA (4 HYDROXYPHENYL) BETA METHYL 1 PIPERIDINEPROPANOL; IFENPRODIL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY MASKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WHITE NOISE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUDITORY CORTEX; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NOISE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS;

EID: 68249107423     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06835.x     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Barria, A. Malinow, R. (2005) NMDA receptor subunit composition controls synaptic plasticity by regulating binding to CaMKII. Neuron, 48, 289 301.
2. Bear, M.F. (2003) Bidirectional synaptic plasticity: from theory to reality. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., B, Biol. Sci., 358, 649 655.
3. Bi, C., Cui, Y., Mao, Y., Dong, S., Zhang, J. Sun, S. (2006) The effect of early auditory deprivation on the age-dependent expression pattern of NR2B mRNA in rat auditory cortex. Brain Res., 1110, 30 38. (Pubitemid 44344599)
4. Carmignoto, G. Vicini, S. (1992) Activity-dependent decrease in NMDA receptor responses during development of the visual cortex. Science, 258, 1007 1011.
5. Chang, E.F. Merzenich, M.M. (2003) Environmental noise retards auditory cortical development. Science, 300, 498 502.
6. Chang, E.F., Bao, S., Imaizumi, K., Schreiner, C.E. Merzenich, M.M. (2005) Development of spectral and temporal response selectivity in the auditory cortex. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA, 102, 16460 16465.
7. Chen, W.S. Bear, M.F. (2007) Activity-dependent regulation of NR2B translation contributes to metaplasticity in mouse visual cortex. Neuropharmacology, 52, 200 214.
8. Feldman, D.E., Nicoll, R.A. Malenka, R.C. (1999) Synaptic plasticity at thalamocortical synapses in developing rat somatosensory cortex: LTP, LTD, and silent synapses. J. Neurobiol., 41, 92 101.
9. Flint, A.C., Maisch, U.S., Weishaupt, J.H., Kriegstein, A.R. Monyer, H. (1997) NR2A subunit expression shortens NMDA receptor synaptic currents in developing neocortex. J. Neurosci., 17, 2469 2476.
10. Hensch, T.K. (2004) Critical period regulation. Annu. Rev. Neurosci., 27, 549 579.
11. Hsieh, C.Y., Chen, Y., Leslie, F.M. Metherate, R. (2002) Postnatal development of NR2A and NR2B mRNA expression in the rat auditory cortex and thalamus. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol., 3, 479 487. (Pubitemid 36077395)
12. Hubel, D.H. Wiesel, T.N. (1963) Single-cell responses in striate cortex of kittens deprived of vision in one eye. J. Physiol., 26, 1003 1017.
13. Hubel, D.H. Wiesel, T.N. (1970) The period of susceptibility to the physiological effects of unilateral eye closure in kittens. J. Physiol., 206, 419 436.
14. Huemmeke, M., Eysel, U.T. Mittmann, T. (2004) Lesion-induced enhancement of LTP in rat visual cortex is mediated by NMDA receptors containing the NR2B subunit. J. Physiol., 559, 875 882.
15. Jiang, B., Huang, Z.J., Morales, B. Kirkwood, A. (2005) Maturation of GABAergic transmission and the timing of plasticity in visual cortex. Brain Res. Rev., 50, 126 133.
16. Jiang, B., Treviño, M. Kirkwood, A. (2007) Sequential development of long-term potentiation and depression in different layers of the mouse visual cortex. J. Neurosci., 27, 9648 9652.
17. Kato, N., Artola, A. Singer, W. (1991) Developmental changes in the susceptibility to long-term potentiation of neurones in rat visual cortex slices. Dev. Brain Res., 60, 43 50.
18. Kaur, S., Rose, H.J., Lazar, R., Liang, K. Metherate, R. (2005) Spectral integration in primary auditory cortex: laminar processing of afferent input, in vivo and in vitro. Neuroscience, 134, 1033 1045.
19. Keuroghlian, A.S. Knudsen, E.I. (2007) Adaptive auditory plasticity in developing and adult animals. Prog. Neurobiol., 82, 109 121.
20. Knudsen, E.I. (2004) Sensitive periods in the development of the brain and behaviour. J Cogn. Neurosci., 16, 1412 1425.
21. Kopp, C., Longordo, F. Lüthi, A. (2007) Experience-dependent changes in NMDA receptor composition at mature central synapses. Neuropharmacology, 53, 1 9.
22. Kotak, V.C., Fujisawa, S., Lee, F.A., Karthikeyan, O., Aoki, C. Sanes, D.H. (2005) Hearing loss raises excitability in the auditory cortex. J. Neurosci., 25, 3908 3918.
23. Kotak, V.C., Takesian, A.E. Sanes, D.H. (2008) Hearing loss prevents the maturation of GABAergic transmission in the auditory cortex. Cereb. Cortex, 18, 2098 2108.
24. Kudoh, M. Shibuki, K. (1994) Long-term potentiation in the auditory cortex of adult rats. Neurosci. Lett., 171, 21 23.
25. Liu, L., Wong, T.P., Pozza, M.F., Lingenhoehl, K., Wang, Y., Sheng, M., Auberson, Y.P. Wang, Y.T. (2004) Role of NMDA receptor subtypes in governing the direction of hippocampal synaptic plasticity. Science, 304, 1021 1024.
26. Liu, B.-H., Wu, G.K., Arbuckle, R., Tao, H.W. Zhang, L.I. (2007) Defining cortical frequency tuning with recurrent excitatory circuitry. Nat. Neurosci., 10, 1594 1600.
27. Malmierca, M.S. Merchán, M.A. (2004) Auditory system. In Paxinos, G. (ed The Rat Nervous System. Elsevier Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 997 1082.
28. Massey, P.V., Johnson, B.E., Moult, P.R., Auberson, Y.P., Brown, M.W., Molnar, E., Collingridge, G.L. Bashir, Z.I. (2004) Differential roles of NR2A and NR2B-containing NMDA receptors in cortical long-term potentiation and long-term depression. J. Neurosci., 24, 7821 7828.
29. Metherate, R. Cruikshank, S.J. (1999) Thalamocortical inputs trigger a propagating envelope of gamma-band activity in auditory cortex in vitro. Exp. Brain Res., 126, 160 174.
30. Mitzdorf, U. (1985) Current source-density method and application in cat cerebral cortex: investigation of evoked potentials and EEG phenomena. Physiol. Rev., 65, 37 100.
31. Monyer, H., Burnashev, N., Laurie, D.J., Sakmann, B. Seeburg, P.H. (1994) Developmental and regional expression in the rat brain and functional properties of four NMDA receptors. Neuron, 12, 529 540.
32. Nicholson, C. Freeman, J.A. (1975) Theory of current source-density analysis and determination of conductivity tensor for anuran cerebellum. J. Neurophysiol., 38, 356 368.
33. Oldford, E. Castro-Alamancos, M.A. (2003) Input-specific effects of acetylcholine on sensory and intracortical evoked responses in the 'barrel cortex'in vivo. Neuroscience, 117, 769 778.
34. Paxinos, G. Watson, C. (1998) The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, 4th edn. Academic Press, San Diego.
35. Philpot, B.D., Sekhar, A.K., Shouval, H.Z. Bear, M.F. (2001) Visual experience and deprivation bidirectionally modify the composition and function of NMDA receptors in visual cortex. Neuron, 29, 157 169.
36. Quinlan, E.M., Olstein, D.H. Bear, M.F. (1999) Bidirectional, experience dependent regulation of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor subunit composition in the rat visual cortex during postnatal development. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA, 96, 12876 12880.
37. Shatz, C.J. Stryker, M.P. (1978) Ocular dominance in layer IV of the cat's visual cortex and the effects of monocular deprivation. J. Physiol., 281, 267 283.
38. Speechley, W.J., Hogsden, J.L. Dringenberg, H.C. (2007) Continuous white noise exposure during and after auditory critical period differentially alters bidirectional thalamocortical plasticity in rat auditory cortex in vivo. Eur. J. Neurosci., 26, 2576 2584.
39. de Villers-Sidani, E.F., Chang, E., Bao, S. Merzenich, M.M. (2007) Critical period window for spectral tuning defined in the primary auditory cortex (A1) in the rat. J. Neurosci., 27, 180 189.
40. Wallace, M.N. Palmer, A.R. (2008) Laminar differences in the response properties of cells in the primary auditory cortex. Exp. Brain Res., 184, 179 191.
41. Zhang, L.I., Bao, S. Merzenich, M.M. (2001) Persistent and specific influences of early acoustic environments on primary auditory cortex. Nat. Neurosci., 4, 1123 1130.
42. Zhou, X., Nagarajan, N., Mossop, B.J. Merzenich, M.M. (2008) Influences of un-modulated acoustic inputs on functional maturation and critical-period plasticity of the primary auditory cortex. Neuroscience, 154, 390 396.