NDLI: Synaptic transmission in the auditory brainstem of normal and congenitally deaf mice

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Author	Sharon, Oleskevich Walmsley, Bruce
Copyright Year	2002
Abstract	The deafness (dn/dn) mutant mouse provides a valuable model of human congenital deafness. We investigated the properties of synaptic transmission in the anteroventral cochlear nucleus (AVCN) of normal and congenitally deaf dn/dn mice. Excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) were evoked by focal stimulation of single auditory nerve fibres, and measured by whole-cell recordings from neurones in AVCN slices (mean postnatal age = P13). Absolute amplitudes of both AMPA- and NMDA-mediated components of evoked EPSCs were greater (170 %) in deaf versus control animals. Enhanced transmission in deaf mice was due to a presynaptic mechanism. Variance-mean analysis revealed that the probability of transmitter release was significantly greater in deaf (P r = 0.8) versus control animals (P r = 0.5). Following high frequency stimulation, deaf mice showed a greater depression of evoked EPSCs, and a significant increase in the frequency of delayed-release (asynchronous) miniature EPSCs (aEPSCs) (deaf 100 Hz vs. control 7 Hz). The acetoxymethyl ester of EGTA (EGTA-AM) blocked the increase in miniature aEPSCs and returned tetanic depression to control values. In deaf mice, reduction of mean P r using cadmium caused an expected increase in paired-pulse ratio (PPR). However, in the same cells, a similar reduction in release by EGTA-AM did not result in a change in PPR, demonstrating that a change may occur in P r without a concomitant change in PPR. In many respects, transmission in deaf mice was found to be remarkably similar to control mice, implying that many parameters of synaptic transmission develop normally in these animals. The two significant differences (higher P r and asynchronous release in deaf mice) could both be reversed by the addition of EGTA-AM, suggesting that endogenous calcium buffering may be impaired or undeveloped in the presynaptic terminals of the auditory nerve in deaf mice.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2001.013821
Ending Page	455
Page Count	9
Starting Page	447
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00223751
e-ISSN	14697793
Journal	The Journal of Physiology
Issue Number	Pt 2
Volume Number	540
Language	English
Publisher	Blackwell Science Inc
Publisher Date	2002-04-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	Blackwell Science Inc
Subject Keyword	Physiology Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Physiology Sports Science

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