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In supragranular layers of the rat auditory cortex, white matter stimulation produces antidromic and transsynaptic field potentials, of which only the latter shows long-term potentiation (LTP) following tetanic stimulation of the white matter. In this study, we investigated the cells responsible for the LTP. The transsynaptic field potentials, excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs), and orthodromic spikes were blocked by 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2, 3-dione (10 μM), but not by d-2-amino-5-phosphonovalerate (D-AP5, 50 μM). The latency of EPSPs was constant, while that of transsynaptic field potentials and orthodromic spikes was shortened by the increase in stimulus intensity. Appearance of anti-dromic field potentials and antidromic spikes at strong stimulus intensities were accompanied by reduction in amplitude of transsynaptic field potentials and elimination of orthodromic spikes, respectively. Morphological identification of neurons showing antidromic spikes by intracellular injection of biocytin revealed that most of them were supragranular pyramidal cells. The effects of tetanic stimulation were studied by intracellular recording in seven neurons showing, antidromic spikes, and it was found that only two of them showed LTP of EPSP slope. However, in all of the other eight units showing antidromic spikes and recorded extracellularly, LTP was clearly observed in orthodromic firing probability. The LTP induction in the orthodromic firing probability was blocked by D-AP5. These findings indicate that the LTP in field potentials corresponds to LTP in supragranular pyramidal outputs, and the input-output relationship in neural networks of the adult rat auditory cortex is strongly modulated by LTP.
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Kudoh, M., Shibuki, K. Long-term potentiation of supragranular pyramidal outputs in the rat auditory cortex. Exp Brain Res 110, 21–27 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00241370
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