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Target-dependent use of co-released inhibitory transmitters at central synapses.

Abstract

Corelease of GABA and glycine by mixed neurons is a prevalent mode of inhibitory transmission in the vertebrate hindbrain. However, little is known of the functional organization of mixed inhibitory networks. Golgi cells, the main inhibitory interneurons of the cerebellar granular layer, have been shown to contain GABA and glycine. We show here that, in the vestibulocerebellum, Golgi cells contact both granule cells and unipolar brush cells, which are excitatory relay interneurons for vestibular afferences. Whereas IPSCs in granule cells are mediated by GABA(A) receptors only, Golgi cell inhibition of unipolar brush cells is dominated by glycinergic currents. We further demonstrate that a single Golgi cell can perform pure GABAergic inhibition of granule cells and pure glycinergic inhibition of unipolar brush cells. This specialization results from the differential expression of GABA(A) and glycine receptors by target cells and not from a segregation of GABA and glycine in presynaptic terminals. Thus, postsynaptic selection of coreleased fast transmitters is used in the CNS to increase the diversity of individual neuronal outputs and achieve target-specific signaling in mixed inhibitory networks.

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Neurobiology

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hal-00145311 , version 1 (09-05-2007)

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Guillaume Dugué, Andréa Dumoulin, Antoine Triller, Stéphane Dieudonné. Target-dependent use of co-released inhibitory transmitters at central synapses.. Journal of Neuroscience, 2005, 25 (28), pp.6490-8. ⟨10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1500-05.2005⟩. ⟨hal-00145311⟩

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