Activity-dependent modulation of neurotransmitter innervation to vasopressin neurons of the supraoptic nucleus

Endocrinology
Nancy K MuellerJames P Herman

Abstract

Confocal microscopy was used to assess activity-dependent neuroplasticity in neurotransmitter innervation of vasopressin immunoreactive magnocellular neurons in the supraoptic nucleus (SON). Vesicular glutamate transporter 2, glutamic acid decarboxylase, and dopamine beta-hydroxylase (DBH) synaptic boutons were visualized in apposition to vasopressin neurons in the SON. A decrease in DBH synaptic boutons per cell was seen upon salt loading, indicating diminished noradrenergic/adrenergic innervation. Loss of DBH appositions to vasopressin neurons was associated with a general loss of DBH immunoreactivity in the SON. In contrast, the number of vesicular glutamate transporter 2 synaptic boutons per neuron increased with salt loading, consistent with increased glutamatergic drive of magnocellular SON neurons. Salt loading also caused an increase in the total number of glutamic acid decarboxylase synaptic boutons on vasopressinergic neurons, suggesting enhanced inhibitory innervation as well. These studies indicate that synaptic plasticity compensates for increased secretory demand and may indeed underlie increased secretion, perhaps via neurotransmitter-specific, activity-related changes in synaptic contacts on vasopressinergic mag...Continue Reading

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Nov 14, 2008·Nature·Davide Dulcis, Nicholas C Spitzer
Mar 25, 2009·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Rong ZhangJames P Herman
Sep 5, 2009·The Journal of Comparative Neurology·Jonathan N FlakJames P Herman
Jul 8, 2008·Journal of Neuroendocrinology·E Hrabovszky, Z Liposits
Jan 16, 2007·American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology·Keila T Higa-TaniguchiJavier E Stern

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