Abstract

Gamma rhythms are known to contribute to the process of memory encoding. However, little is known about the underlying mechanisms at the molecular, cellular and network levels. Using local field potential recording in awake behaving mice and concomitant field-potential and whole-cell recordings in slice preparations we found that gamma rhythms lead to activity-dependent modification of hippocampal networks, including alterations in sharp wave-ripple complexes. Network plasticity, expressed as long-lasting increases in sharp wave-associated synaptic currents, exhibits enhanced excitatory synaptic strength in pyramidal cells that is induced postsynaptically and depends on metabotropic glutamate receptor-5 activation. In sharp contrast, alteration of inhibitory synaptic strength is independent of postsynaptic activation and less pronounced. Further, we found a cell type-specific, directionally biased synaptic plasticity of two major types of GABAergic cells, parvalbumin- and cholecystokinin-expressing interneurons. Thus, we propose that gamma frequency oscillations represent a network state that introduces long-lasting synaptic plasticity in a cell-specific manner.

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  1. Shota Zarnadze

    Institute of Neurophysiology, Charité -Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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  2. Peter Bäuerle

    Institute of Neurophysiology, Charité -Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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  3. Julio Santos-Torres

    Institute of Neurophysiology, Charité -Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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  4. Claudia Böhm

    Neuroscience Research Center, Charité -Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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  5. Dietmar Schmitz

    Neuroscience Research Center, Charité -Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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  6. Jörg RP Geiger

    Institute of Neurophysiology, Charité -Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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  7. Tamar Dugladze

    Institute of Neurophysiology, Charité -Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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  8. Tengis Gloveli

    Institute of Neurophysiology, Charité -Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Animal experimentation: All animal procedures were approved by the Regional Berlin Animal Ethics Committee (Permits: G0151/12 and T 0124/05) and were in full compliance with national regulations. All surgery was performed under isoflurane anesthesia, and every effort was made to minimize suffering.

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© 2016, Zarnadze et al.

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  1. Shota Zarnadze
  2. Peter Bäuerle
  3. Julio Santos-Torres
  4. Claudia Böhm
  5. Dietmar Schmitz
  6. Jörg RP Geiger
  7. Tamar Dugladze
  8. Tengis Gloveli
(2016)
Cell-specific synaptic plasticity induced by network oscillations
eLife 5:e14912.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.14912

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