Ionic basis of learning-correlated excitability changes in Hermissenda type A photoreceptors.
Ionic basis of learning-correlated excitability changes in Hermissenda type A photoreceptors.
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Hermissenda A 型光感受器学习相关兴奋性变化的离子基础。
DOI:
10.1152/jn.1997.77.4.1861
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1997
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Han,Y
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Farley,J;Han,Y
Farley, Joseph and Yunru Han.Ionic basis of learning-correlated excitability changes inHermissendatype A photoreceptors.J. Neurophysiol.77: 1861–1888, 1997. Repeated pairings of light and rotation (conditioning) result in persistent changes in excitability ofHermissendatype B and A photoreceptors, which are correlated with pairing-specific reductions in phototactic behavior. Although considerable attention has been devoted to characterization of conditioning-produced neurophysiological changes that occur in type B cells, less information is available concerning the changes produced in type A cells. Here we recorded from identified, synaptically isolated lateral and medial type A photoreceptors from conditioned, random-control, or untrained animals on retention days following conditioning. Type A photoreceptors from conditioned animals responded to light with a receptor potential that was significantly smaller than those of random-control or untrained animals, which did not differ. The phototactic suppression and type A cell light response magnitudes were negatively correlated for individual conditioned animals. Animals exhibiting strong phototactic suppression also showed small light responses. Expression of the training-associated light response difference was a calcium-dependent phenomenon: reducing extracellular calcium to <1 μM enhanced the generator potential of A cells, regardless of conditioning history, and greatly reduced the differences in generator potential amplitude attributable to training. Voltage-clamp studies revealed that conditioning resulted in a two- to threefold increase in the amplitude of a voltage-dependent, sustained outward K+current (IDelayed).IDelayedmagnitudes were positively correlated with phototactic suppression for individual conditioned animals: type A cells of animals exhibiting strong phototactic suppression expressed large values ofIDelayed.IDelayedis a composite current, consisting of at least three separable components:1) residual A current (IA);2) slow, tetraethylammonium-sensitive calcium-activated K+current (IK-Ca); and3) a delayed-rectifier-type, voltage-dependent K+current (IK,v). Analysis of these currents failed to reveal significant training-associated changes inIAorIK-Ca. ButIK,vwas enhanced by ∼60–150% in both lateral and medial cells and thus contributes to the conditioning-associated increase inIDelayed.